Quantum Monte Carlo calculation of neutral-current ν−C12 inclusive quasielastic scattering
| Autor: | Ewing Lusk, Steven C. Pieper, Alessandro Lovato, Rocco Schiavilla, J. Carlson, Stefano Gandolfi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Physics
Quasielastic scattering Neutral current 010308 nuclear & particles physics Scattering Quantum Monte Carlo High Energy Physics::Phenomenology Monte Carlo method Inelastic scattering 01 natural sciences Nuclear physics Computational chemistry 0103 physical sciences CP violation High Energy Physics::Experiment Neutrino Nuclear Experiment 010306 general physics |
| Zdroj: | Physical Review C. 97 |
| ISSN: | 2469-9993 2469-9985 |
| Popis: | Quasielastic neutrino scattering is an important aspect of the experimental program to study fundamental neutrino properties including neutrino masses, mixing angles, mass hierarchy, and charge-conjugation parity (CP)- violating phase. Proper interpretation of the experiments requires reliable theoretical calculations of neutrino-nucleus scattering. In this paper we present calculations of response functions and cross sections by neutral-current scattering of neutrinos off $^{12}\mathrm{C}$. These calculations are based on realistic treatments of nuclear interactions and currents, the latter including the axial, vector, and vector-axial interference terms crucial for determining the difference between neutrino and antineutrino scattering and the CP-violating phase. We find that the strength and energy dependence of two-nucleon processes induced by correlation effects and interaction currents are crucial in providing the most accurate description of neutrino-nucleus scattering in the quasielastic regime. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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