Neutrino-nucleus reactions on $^{16}$O based on new shell-model Hamiltonians
Abstract
Neutrino-induced reactions on O are investigated by shell-model calculaions with new shell-model Hamiltonians, which can describe well the structure of -shell and - shell nuclei. Distribution of the spin-dipole strengths in O, which give major contributions to the -O reaction cross sections, is studied with the new Hamiltonians. Muon-capture reaction rates on O are also studied to discuss the quenching of the axial-vector coupling in nuclear medium. Charged-current and neutral-current reaction cross sections are evaluated in various particle and emission channels as well as the total ones at neutrino energies up to 100 MeV. Branching ratios for the various channels are obtained by the Hauser-Feshbach statistical model calculations, and partial cross sections for single- and multi-particle emission channels are evaluated. The cross sections updated are compared with previous continuum random phase approximation (CRPA) calculations. Effects of multi-particle emission channels on nucleosynthesis in core-collapse supernova (SN) explosions are investigated. Inclusion of p emission channels is found to lead to an enhancement of production yields of B and C through O (, ' p) B and O (, e p) C reactions, respectively.
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@article{arxiv.1807.02367,
title = {Neutrino-nucleus reactions on $^{16}$O based on new shell-model Hamiltonians},
author = {Toshio Suzuki and Satoshi Chiba and Takashi Yoshida and Koh Takahashi and Hideyuki Umeda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.02367},
year = {2018}
}