Speaker
Mr
Vishvas Pandey
(Ghent University)
Description
We present a detailed description of a continuum random phase approximation approach to inclusive quasielastic electron and neutrino-nucleus scattering. The description of the nucleus starts from a mean field (MF) potential, where long-range correlations are added by means of a continuum random phase approximation (CRPA) based on a Green's function approach using an effective Skyrme interaction as residual interaction. The formalism is validated
by confronting our cross-section predictions with inclusive electron-scattering data for a variety of nuclear targets ($^{12}$C, $^{16}$O, $^{40}$Ca), in the kinematic region where quasi-elastic scattering is expected to be the dominant process. We report on cross sections calculations for charged-current quasielastic (anti)neutrino scattering off $^{12}$C in the energy range of interest for the MiniBooNE experiment and compare our results with the MiniBooNE (anti)neutrino cross-section measurements. The CRPA predictions reproduce the gross features of the measured double-differential cross sections. We pay special attention to the low-energy excitations which can account for non-negligible contributions in the MiniBooNE, T2K and other similar experiments, and require a microscopic nuclear investigation beyond the Fermi gas model.
| WG1: Neutrino Oscillation Physics (Yes/No) | Yes |
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| WG2: Neutrino Scattering Physics (Yes/No) | Yes |
| WG3: Accelerator Physics (Yes/No) | No |
| WG4: Muon Physics (Yes/No) | No |
| Type of presentation | Oral presentation |
Author
Mr
Vishvas Pandey
(Ghent University)
Co-authors
Prof.
Jan Ryckebusch
(Ghent University)
Dr
Marco Martini
(Ghent University)
Prof.
Natalie Jachowicz
(Ghent University)
Mr
Tom Van Cuyck
(Ghent University)
