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Title: Effect of strangeness for neutrino (antineutrino) scattering in the quasi-elastic region

Journal Article · · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
;  [1];  [2]
  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 present the neutral- and charged-current reactions by incident neutrino (antineutrino) scattering on the nucleon and on the {sup 12}C target in the quasi-elastic region within the framework of a relativistic single-particle model. The incident energies at 500 MeV and 1 GeV are used for the scattering. Effects of strangeness are studied thoroughly on the cross sections, the ratios between the neutral- and charged-current reactions, and the asymmetries by incident neutrino and antineutrino. We find that there exists some cancellation of the strange quark contributions between the knocked-out protons and neutrons in the neutrino (antineutrino)-nucleus scattering. The effect of strangeness is exhibited more strongly on the asymmetry than on the ratio or cross section. On a difference of the asymmetry, the effect of strangeness appears strongly, but on a summation of the asymmetry, the effect almost disappears in the low and middle kinetic energies of the knocked-out nucleon.

OSTI ID:
21189991
Journal Information:
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Vol. 77, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.77.054604; (c) 2008 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English