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Two-particle two-hole excitations in semi-inclusive neutrino-nucleus scattering

Nuclear Theory 2025-09-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

A calculation of the two-particle two-hole contribution to the semi-inclusive (νμ,μN)(\nu_\mu,\mu^-N) cross section on carbon is performed in the framework of the relativistic Fermi gas model. The process is driven by meson-exchange currents encompassing all contributions involving the exchange of a single pion and the excitation of a Δ\Delta resonance. The calculation is validated against the inclusive (νμ,μ)(\nu_\mu,\mu^-) response functions already existing in the literature, and then extended for the first time to the semi-inclusive channel. Results are presented both at fixed neutrino energy and folded with the T2K neutrino flux.

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@article{arxiv.2509.08786,
  title  = {Two-particle two-hole excitations in semi-inclusive neutrino-nucleus scattering},
  author = {Valerio Belocchi and Maria Benedetta Barbaro and Arturo De Pace and Marco Martini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.08786},
  year   = {2025}
}

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35 pages, 21 figures