Quantum Monte Carlo calculation of neutral-current ν-C12 inclusive quasielastic scattering

Lovato, A.; Gandolfi, S.; Carlson, J.; Lusk, Ewing; Pieper, Steven C.; Schiavilla, R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.97.022502

Title: Quantum Monte Carlo calculation of neutral-current $ν - {}^{12}C$ inclusive quasielastic scattering

Journal Article · 01 February 2018 · Physical Review C

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.022502 · OSTI ID:1524379

Lovato, A. ^[1]; Gandolfi, S. ^[2]; Carlson, J. ^[2]; Lusk, Ewing ^[3]; Pieper, Steven C. ^[3]; Schiavilla, R. ^[4]

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Trento (Italy). Trento Inst. for Fundamentals Physics Applications (TIFPA); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Physics Division
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States). Theory Center; Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (United States). Dept. of Physics

Quasielastic neutrino scattering is an important aspect of the experimental program to study fundamental neutrino properties including neutrino masses, mixing angles, the mass hierarchy and CP-violating phase. Proper interpretation of the experiments requires reliable theoretical calculations of neutrino-nucleus scattering. In this paper we present calculations of response functions and cross sections by neutral-current scattering of neutrinos off $$^{12}$$C. These calculations are based on realistic treatments of nuclear interactions and currents, the latter including the axial, vector, and vector-axial interference terms crucial for determining the difference between neutrino and anti-neutrino scattering and the CP-violating phase. Here in this paper, we find that the strength and energy-dependence of two-nucleon processes induced by correlation effects and interaction currents are crucial in providing the most accurate description of neutrino-nucleus scattering in the quasielastic regime.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science - Office of Nuclear Physics

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001; AC02-06CH11357; SC0010300; AC52-06NA25396; AC05-06OR23177; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1524379

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1423155; OSTI ID: 1423865; OSTI ID: 1426780

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-30294; JLAB-THY-17-2584; DOE/OR/-23177-4274; arXiv:1711.02047; PRVCAN

Journal Information:: Physical Review C, Vol. 97, Issue 2; ISSN 2469-9985

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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