Short-Range Correlations and Meson-Exchage Currents in Electron and Neutrino Scattering
Nuclear Theory
2025-10-27 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We investigate meson-exchange currents (MEC) in the one-particle emission transverse response of nuclear matter, incorporating short-range correlations via the Bethe-Goldstone equation with a realistic nucleon-nucleon interaction. The interference between one-body and two-body currents, strengthened by the high-momentum components of correlated pairs, produces a marked enhancement of the transverse response. We also indicate how the formalism extends to neutrino scattering, where similar effects are expected to impact oscillation experiments.
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@article{arxiv.2510.21309,
title = {Short-Range Correlations and Meson-Exchage Currents in Electron and Neutrino Scattering},
author = {Paloma R. Casale and Jose E. Amaro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.21309},
year = {2025}
}
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10 pages, 7 figures, Contribution to 42th International Workshop on Nuclear Theory, Rila Mountains (Bulgaria), June 29 - July 5, 2025