Relativistic models for quasielastic neutrino scattering

Journal Article · Wed Feb 15 04:00:00 EST 2006 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.73.024607· OSTI ID:20771277

Martinez, M C; Lava, P; Jachowicz, N; Ryckebusch, J; Vantournhout, K; Udias, J M ^[1]

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1. Department of Subatomic and Radiation Physics, Ghent University, Proeftuinstraat 86, B-9000 Gent (Belgium)

We present quasielastic neutrino-nucleus cross sections in the energy range from 150 MeV to 5 GeV for the target nuclei {sup 12}C and {sup 56}Fe. A relativistic description of the nuclear dynamics and the neutrino-nucleus coupling is adopted. For the treatment of final-state interactions we rely on two frameworks successfully applied to exclusive electron-nucleus scattering: a relativistic optical potential and a relativistic multiple-scattering Glauber approximation. At lower energies, the optical-potential approach is considered to be the optimum choice, whereas at high energies a Glauber approach is more natural. Comparing the results of both calculations, it is found that the Glauber approach yields valid results down to the remarkably small nucleon kinetic energies of 200 MeV. We argue that the nuclear transparencies extracted from A(e,e{sup '}p) measurements can be used to obtain realistic estimates of the effect of FSI mechanisms on quasielastic neutrino-nucleus cross sections. We present two independent relativistic plane-wave impulse approximation (RPWIA) calculations of quasielastic neutrino-nucleus cross sections. They agree at the percentage level, showing the reliability of the numerical techniques adopted and providing benchmark RPWIA results.

• OSTI ID: 20771277
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 73; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CARBON 12
CARBON 12 TARGET
COUPLING
CROSS SECTIONS
ELECTRON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
FINAL-STATE INTERACTIONS
GEV RANGE
GLAUBER THEORY
IMPULSE APPROXIMATION
IRON 56
IRON 56 TARGET
MEV RANGE
MULTIPLE SCATTERING
NEUTRINO REACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEAR POTENTIAL
OPACITY
OPTICAL MODELS
QUASI-ELASTIC SCATTERING
RELATIVISTIC RANGE