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Monte Carlo event generation of neutrino-electron scattering

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2023-08-29 v2

Abstract

We describe an extension of the NuWro Monte Carlo neutrino event generator with the neutrino-electron scattering processes. This new dynamical channel includes the charged current and neutral current interactions, together with their interference, for νe\nu_\ell e and νˉe\bar\nu_\ell e (=e,μ,τ\ell=e,\mu,\tau) scatterings, resulting in ten possible final states. We illustrate the performance of the new functionality on few physical examples, including an estimation of the background in the T2K νμνe\nu_\mu\rightarrow\nu_e oscillation experiment. We show that the background events arising from the neutrino-electron interactions occupy mostly a distinct region of the phase space and can be easily separated.

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@article{arxiv.2007.14426,
  title  = {Monte Carlo event generation of neutrino-electron scattering},
  author = {Dmitry Zhuridov and Jan T. Sobczyk and Cezary Juszczak and Kajetan Niewczas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.14426},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

16 pages, 9 figures; v2: minor changes, version published in JPG