Argon spectral function and neutrino interactions

Journal Article · Wed Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2006 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.74.054316· OSTI ID:20864032

Ankowski, Artur M; Sobczyk, Jan T ^[1]

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1. Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, pl. Maksa Borna 9, PL-50-204 Wroclaw (Poland)

The argon spectral function is constructed and applied to neutrino-argon cross section computations in the plane wave impulse approximation with the Pauli blocking final state interaction effect taken into account. The approximations of the construction method are critically analyzed using the example of oxygen for which more detailed computations are available. An effective description of the nucleus based on the information contained in a spectral function is proposed. It is demonstrated that its predictions are close to those obtained from the complete spectral function. The effective description can be easily applied in Monte Carlo event generators.

• OSTI ID: 20864032
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 74, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.74.054316; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ARGON
CROSS SECTIONS
FINAL-STATE INTERACTIONS
IMPULSE APPROXIMATION
MONTE CARLO METHOD
NEUTRINO REACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEI
OXYGEN
SPECTRAL FUNCTIONS