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Title: Polarization of Tau in Quasielastic (Anti)Neutrino Scattering: The Role of Spectral Functions

Abstract

We present a study of the $$\tau$$ polarization in charged-current quasielastic (anti)neutrino-nucleus scattering. The spectral function formalism is used to compute the differential cross section and the polarization components for several kinematical setups, relevant for neutrino-oscillation experiments. The effects of the nuclear corrections in these observables are investigated by comparing the results obtained using two different realistic spectral functions, with those deduced from the relativistic global Fermi gas model, where only statistical correlations are accounted for. We show that the spectral functions, although they play an important role when predicting the differential cross sections, produce much less visible effects on the polarization components of the outgoing $$\tau$$.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Valencia U., IFIC
  2. Fermilab
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
OSTI Identifier:
1546012
Report Number(s):
arXiv:1906.05656; FERMILAB-PUB-19-273-T
1739774
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11359
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
TBD
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: TBD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS

Citation Formats

Sobczyk, J. E., Rocco, N., and Nieves, J. Polarization of Tau in Quasielastic (Anti)Neutrino Scattering: The Role of Spectral Functions. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Sobczyk, J. E., Rocco, N., & Nieves, J. Polarization of Tau in Quasielastic (Anti)Neutrino Scattering: The Role of Spectral Functions. United States.
Sobczyk, J. E., Rocco, N., and Nieves, J. 2019. "Polarization of Tau in Quasielastic (Anti)Neutrino Scattering: The Role of Spectral Functions". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1546012.
@article{osti_1546012,
title = {Polarization of Tau in Quasielastic (Anti)Neutrino Scattering: The Role of Spectral Functions},
author = {Sobczyk, J. E. and Rocco, N. and Nieves, J.},
abstractNote = {We present a study of the $\tau$ polarization in charged-current quasielastic (anti)neutrino-nucleus scattering. The spectral function formalism is used to compute the differential cross section and the polarization components for several kinematical setups, relevant for neutrino-oscillation experiments. The effects of the nuclear corrections in these observables are investigated by comparing the results obtained using two different realistic spectral functions, with those deduced from the relativistic global Fermi gas model, where only statistical correlations are accounted for. We show that the spectral functions, although they play an important role when predicting the differential cross sections, produce much less visible effects on the polarization components of the outgoing $\tau$.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1546012}, journal = {TBD},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Jun 13 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}