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Neutrino-nucleus reactions on $^{16}$O based on new shell-model Hamiltonians

Nuclear Theory 2018-10-03 v1

Abstract

Neutrino-induced reactions on 16^{16}O are investigated by shell-model calculaions with new shell-model Hamiltonians, which can describe well the structure of pp-shell and pp-sdsd shell nuclei. Distribution of the spin-dipole strengths in 16^{16}O, which give major contributions to the ν\nu-16^{16}O reaction cross sections, is studied with the new Hamiltonians. Muon-capture reaction rates on 16^{16}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 γ\gamma emission channels as well as the total ones at neutrino energies up to EνE_{\nu}\approx 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 α\alphap emission channels is found to lead to an enhancement of production yields of 11^{11}B and 11^{11}C through 16^{16}O (ν\nu, ν\nu' α\alphap) 11^{11}B and 16^{16}O (ν\nu, e^{-} α\alphap) 11^{11}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}
}