Neutrino induced transitions between the ground states of the {ital A}=12 triad
- Department of Physics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 (United States)
Neutrino induced reactions on {sup 12}C, an ingredient of liquid scintillators, have been studied in several experiments. We show that for currently available neutrino energies, {ital E}{sub {nu}}{le} 300 MeV, calculated exclusive cross sections {sup 12}C{sub g.s.}({nu},{ital l}){sup 12}N{sub g.s.} for both muon and electron neutrinos are essentially model independent, provided the calculations simultaneously describe the rates of several other reactions involving the same states or their isobar analogs. The calculations agree well with the measured cross sections, which can be therefore used to check the normalization of the incident neutrino spectrum and the efficiency of the detector. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
- Research Organization:
- California Institute of Technology
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG03-88ER40397; FG05-94ER40827
- OSTI ID:
- 389455
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, C, Journal Name: Physical Review, C Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 54; ISSN PRVCAN; ISSN 0556-2813
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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