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Nucleon axial-vector form factor and radius from radiatively-corrected antineutrino scattering data

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-04-09 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Lattice Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

The nucleon axial-vector form factor, GAG_A, is critical to determine the electroweak interactions of leptons with nucleons. Important examples of processes influenced by GAG_A are elastic (anti)neutrino-nucleon scattering and muon capture by the proton. Sparse experimental data results in a large uncertainty on the momentum dependence of GAG_A and has motivated the consideration of new experimental probes and first-principles lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD) evaluations. The comparison of new and precise theoretical predictions for GAG_A with future experimental data necessitates the application of radiative corrections to experimentally-observable processes. We apply these corrections in the extraction of GAG_A and the associated axial-vector radius from the recent MINERvA antineutrino-hydrogen data, compare the effects from radiative corrections to other uncertainties in neutrino scattering experiments, and discuss the comparison of lattice QCD evaluations to experimental measurements.

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@article{arxiv.2601.21155,
  title  = {Nucleon axial-vector form factor and radius from radiatively-corrected antineutrino scattering data},
  author = {Oleksandr Tomalak and Aaron S. Meyer and Clarence Wret and Tejin Cai and Richard J. Hill and Kevin S. McFarland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.21155},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

28 pages, 12 figures, version published in Physical Review D, figure 4, tables 3-5 and references updated, minor text changes

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