Determination of sin{sup 2}θ{sub W} using ν (ν{sup ¯})-nucleus scattering

Journal Article · Fri May 15 04:00:00 EDT 2015 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919513· OSTI ID:22391835

Haider, H.; Athar, M. Sajjad ^[1]; Simo, I. Ruiz ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002 (India)
2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá degli studi di Trento Via Sommarive 14, Povo (Trento) I-38123 Italy (Italy)

We have studied nonisoscalarity and medium effects in the extraction of weak mixing angle using Paschos and Wolfenstein relation in the iron nucleus. Paschos and Wolfenstein(PW) relation is valid for an isoscalar target. We have modified the PW relation for nonisoscalar target as well as incorporated the medium effects like Pauli blocking, Fermi motion, nuclear binding energy and pion rho cloud contributions. In our calculations we have used the relativistic nuclear spectral function which includes nucleon correlations. Finally local density approximation is applied to translate the numerical results to the finite nuclei. We have studied the dependence of sin{sup 2}θ{sub W} on Bjorken variables x and y, four momentum transfer square (Q{sup 2}), energy of the neutrino and antineutrino, and effect of excess neutrons over protons in the nuclear target.

• OSTI ID: 22391835
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1663; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ANTINEUTRINOS
APPROXIMATIONS
BINDING ENERGY
ELASTIC SCATTERING
FOUR MOMENTUM TRANSFER
INELASTIC SCATTERING
NEUTRINO-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS
NEUTRONS
PIONS
PROTONS
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
SPECTRAL FUNCTIONS
WEINBERG ANGLE