Conference paper

Appeared in: Sixth International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the FEW-GEV Region

Editor list: Sanchez, F.

Publication year: 2009

Pages: 151-156

ISBN: 978-0-7354-0725-1

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3274146

Conference: 6th International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the FEW-GEV Region (NUINT-09)

Title of series: AIP conference proceedings

Number in series: 1189

Abstract: 

We present our description of neutrino induced charged current quasielastic scattering (CCQE) in nuclei at energies relevant for the MiniBooNE experiment. In our framework, the nucleons, with initial momentum distributions according to the Local Fermi Gas model, move in a density‐ and momentum‐dependent mean field potential. The broadening of the outgoing nucleons due to nucleon‐nucleon interactions is taken into account by spectral functions. Long range (RPA) correlations renormalizing the electroweak strength in the medium are also incorporated. The background from resonance excitation events that do not lead to pions in the final state is also predicted by propagating the outgoing hadrons with the Giessen semiclassical BUU model in coupled channels (GiBUU). We achieve a good description of the shape of the CCQE Q2 distribution extracted from data by MiniBooNE, thanks to the inclusion of RPA correlations, but underestimate the integrated cross section when the standard value of MA = 1 GeV is used. Possible reasons for this mismatch are discussed.

Harvard Citation style: Alvarez-Ruso, L., Buss, O., Leitner, T., Mosel, U. and (2009) Quasielastic Scattering at MiniBooNE Energies, in Sanchez, F. (ed.) Sixth International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the FEW-GEV Region. Melville, NY: American Institute of Physics. pp. 151-156. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3274146

APA Citation style: Alvarez-Ruso, L., Buss, O., Leitner, T., Mosel, U., & (2009). Quasielastic Scattering at MiniBooNE Energies. In Sanchez, F. (Ed.), Sixth International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the FEW-GEV Region. (pp. 151-156). American Institute of Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3274146