Neutrino-induced coherent pion production
Nuclear Theory
2011-02-09 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
We have investigated the neutrino induced coherent pion production reaction at the energies of interest for recent experiments like K2K and MiniBooNE. The model includes pion, nucleon and the Delta(1232) resonance. Medium effects in the production mechanism and the distortion of the pion wave function are taken into account. We find a strong reduction of the cross section due to these effects and also substantial modifications in the energy distributions of the final pion. The sensitivity of the results on the axial N-Delta coupling C5A(0) and the coherent fraction in neutral-current pi0 production are discussed.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.0709.3019,
title = {Neutrino-induced coherent pion production},
author = {L. Alvarez-Ruso and L. S. Geng and S. Hirenzaki and M. J. Vicente Vacas and T. Leitner and U. Mosel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.3019},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the Few-GeV Region (NuInt07)