16O Electroweak Response Functions from First Principles

Acharya, Bijaya; Sobczyk, Joanna E.; Bacca, Sonia; Hagen, Gaute; Jiang, Weiguang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.202501

¹⁶O Electroweak Response Functions from First Principles

Journal Article · Mon May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.202501· OSTI ID:2567103

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Mainz (Germany)
Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Mainz (Germany); Helmholtz-Institut Mainz (Germany)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)

We present calculations of various electroweak response functions for the ¹⁶O nucleus obtained using coupled-cluster theory in conjunction with the Lorentz integral transform method. We employ nuclear forces derived at next-to-leading order and next-to-next-to-leading order in chiral effective field theory and perform a Bayesian analysis to assess uncertainties. Our results are in good agreement with available electron-scattering data at |𝐪|≈326 MeV/c. Additionally, we provide several predictions for the weak response functions in the quasielastic peak region at |𝐪| =300 and 400 MeV/c, which are critical for long-baseline neutrino experiments.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR). Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11359; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2567103

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2573523

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 20 Vol. 134; ISSN 1079-7114; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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