Analytic Estimates of the QCD Corrections to Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
We study the QCD corrections to neutrino deep-inelastic scattering on a nucleus, and analytically estimate their size. For an isoscalar target, we show that the dominant QCD corrections to the ratio of the neutral- to charged-current events are suppressed by sin^4 theta_W, where theta_W is the weak mixing angle. We then discuss the implications for the NuTeV determination of sin^2 theta_W.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0310154,
title = {Analytic Estimates of the QCD Corrections to Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering},
author = {Bogdan A. Dobrescu and R. Keith Ellis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0310154},
year = {2008}
}
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16 pages, Latex