Charged Current Neutrino Nucleus Interactions at Intermediate Energies
Abstract
We have developed a model to describe the interactions of neutrinos with nucleons and nuclei, focusing on the region of the quasielastic and Delta(1232) peaks. We describe neutrino nucleon collisions with a fully relativistic formalism which incorporates state-of-the-art parametrizations of the form factors for both the nucleon and the N-Delta transition. The model has then been extended to finite nuclei, taking into account nuclear effects such as Fermi motion, Pauli blocking (both within the local density approximation), nuclear binding and final state interactions. The in-medium modification of the Delta resonance due to Pauli blocking and collisional broadening have also been included. Final state interactions are implemented by means of the Boltzmann-Uehling-Uhlenbeck (BUU) coupled-channel transport model. Results for charged current inclusive cross sections and exclusive channels as pion production and nucleon knockout are presented and discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/0601103,
title = {Charged Current Neutrino Nucleus Interactions at Intermediate Energies},
author = {T. Leitner and L. Alvarez-Ruso and U. Mosel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/0601103},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
26 pages, 24 figures; v2: 2 figures and discussion added, version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C