Unified approach for nucleon knock-out and coherent and incoherent pion production in neutrino interactions with nuclei

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 04:00:00 EST 2009 · Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVC.80.065501· OSTI ID:21296632

Martini, M ^[1]; Ericson, M ^[1]; Chanfray, G; Marteau, J ^[1]

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1. Universite de Lyon, Univ. Lyon 1, CNRS/IN2P3, IPN Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex (France)

We present a theory of neutrino interactions with nuclei aimed at the description of the partial cross sections, namely quasielastic and multinucleon emission, coherent and incoherent single-pion production. For this purpose, we use the theory of nuclear responses treated in the random-phase approximation, which allows a unified description of these channels. It is particularly suited for the coherent pion production where collective effects are important, whereas they are moderate in the other channels. We also study the evolution of the neutrino cross sections with the mass number from carbon to calcium. We compare our approach to the available neutrino experimental data on carbon. We put a particular emphasis on the multinucleon channel, which at present is not easily distinguishable from the quasielastic events. This component turns out to be quite relevant for the interpretation of experiments (K2K, MiniBooNE, SciBooNE). It can account in particular for the unexpected behavior of the quasielastic cross section.

• OSTI ID: 21296632
• Journal Information: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics, Journal Name: Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 80; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CROSS SECTIONS
EMISSION
INTERACTIONS
MASS NUMBER
NEUTRINO-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NEUTRINOS
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PIONS
RANDOM PHASE APPROXIMATION