Inclusive charged-current neutrino-nucleus scattering in the quasielastic region

Journal Article · Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.83.034607· OSTI ID:21499501

Kim, K S ^[1]; Cheoun, Myung-Ki ^[2]

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1. School of Liberal Arts and Science, Korea Aerospace University, Koyang 412-791 (Korea, Republic of)
2. Department of Physics, Soongsil University, Seoul 156-743 (Korea, Republic of)

We study inclusive charged-current reaction through total cross sections of neutrino-nucleus scattering within the framework of a relativistic single-particle model in the quasielastic region. To describe the final-state interaction between knocked-out nucleons and the residual nucleus, a real potential of final nucleons, which is generated by a relativistic mean field, is used with the assumption of no loss of flux, which leads to current conservation and gauge invariance. We calculate ({nu}{sub {mu},{mu}}{sup -}) and ({nu}-bar{sub {mu},{mu}}{sup +}) reactions. In these calculations, {sup 12}C, {sup 40}Ca, and {sup 208}Pb are used as target nuclei and the incident neutrino (antineutrino) energies are exploited up to 4 GeV. We find that the effect of the final-state interaction by the real potential of the knocked-out nucleons reduces cross sections by about 15%, similar to the effect of electron scattering. Furthermore, the effect of the Coulomb distortion for the outgoing leptons is shown to be different from the electron scattering. Finally, our total cross sections by scaling number of participated nucleons are presented to compare with experimental data.

• OSTI ID: 21499501
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 83, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.83.034607; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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