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Semi-inclusive charged-current neutrino-nucleus cross sections in the relativistic plane wave impulse approximation

Nuclear Theory 2021-01-04 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Neutrino-nucleus quasielastic scattering is studied in the plane wave impulse approximation for three nuclear models: the relativistic Fermi gas (RFG), the independent-particle shell model (IPSM) and the natural orbitals (NO) model with Lorentzian dependence of the excitation energy. A complete study of the kinematics of the semi-inclusive process and the associated cross sections are presented and discussed for 40 Ar and 12 C. Inclusive cross sections are also obtained by integrating the semi-inclusive expressions over the outgoing hadron. Results are consistent with previous studies restricted to the inclusive channel. In particular, a comparison with the analytical results for the RFG model is performed. Explicit expressions for the hadronic tensor and the 10 semi-inclusive nuclear responses are given. Theoretical predictions are compared with semi-inclusive experimental data from T2K experiment.

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@article{arxiv.2010.14937,
  title  = {Semi-inclusive charged-current neutrino-nucleus cross sections in the relativistic plane wave impulse approximation},
  author = {J. M. Franco-Patino and J. Gonzalez-Rosa and J. A. Caballero and M. B. Barbaro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.14937},
  year   = {2021}
}

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55 pages, 22 figures, submitted to Physical Review C