Coherent Neutrino Scattering
Nuclear Theory
2010-01-15 v1
Abstract
We present a microscopic model for coherent pion production off nuclei induced by neutrinos. This model is built upon a model for single nucleon processes that goes beyond the usual Delta dominance by including non resonant background contributions. We include nuclear medium effects: medium corrections to Delta$ properties and outgoing pion absortion via an optical potential. This results in major modifications to cross sections for low energy experiments when compared with phenomenological models like Rein-Sehgal's.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0906.1516,
title = {Coherent Neutrino Scattering},
author = {M. Valverde and J. E. Amaro and E. Hernandez and J. Nieves},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.1516},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
6 pages, 4 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of 45th Winter School in Theoretical Physics 'Neutrino Interactions: from Theory to Monte Carlo Simulations', Ladek-Zdroj, Poland, Feb. 2009