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Inclusive Nucleon Emission Induced by Quasi--Elastic Neutrino--Nucleus Interactions

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We study the quasi--elastic contribution to the inclusive (νl,νlN)(\nu_l,\nu_l N), (νl,lN)(\nu_l,l^- N), (νˉl,νˉlN)({\bar \nu}_l,{\bar \nu}_l N) and (νˉl,l+N)({\bar \nu}_l,l^+ N) reactions in nuclei using a Monte Carlo simulation method to account for the rescattering of the outgoing nucleon. As input, we take the reaction probability from the microscopical many body framework developed in Phys. Rev. {\bf C70} (2004) 055503 for charged-current induced reactions, while for neutral currents we use results from a natural extension of the model described in that reference. The nucleon emission process studied here is a clear signal for neutral--current neutrino driven reactions, that can be used in the analysis of future neutrino experiments.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0511204,
  title  = {Inclusive Nucleon Emission Induced by Quasi--Elastic Neutrino--Nucleus Interactions},
  author = {J. Nieves and M. Valverde and M. J. Vicente Vacas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0511204},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

23 pages, 17 figures; Version 2: few typos corrected