1. Modeling Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions for Neutrino Oscillation Experiments
- Author
-
S. Bolognesi, S. Dolan, G. D. Megias, Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPP), Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Laboratoire Leprince-Ringuet (LLR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Département de Physique des Particules (ex SPP) (DPhP), and Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Subjects
mean field approximation: relativistic ,Particle physics ,Nuclear Theory ,[PHYS.NUCL]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Theory [nucl-th] ,Bar (music) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,KAMIOKANDE ,Weak interaction ,01 natural sciences ,7. Clean energy ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) ,0103 physical sciences ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,010306 general physics ,Neutrino oscillation ,Monte Carlo ,Physics ,cross section: charged current ,model: relativistic ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,J-PARC Lab ,neutrino nucleus: interaction ,antineutrino ,Action (physics) ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Mean field theory ,[PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph] ,Excited state ,neutrino: oscillation ,Neutrino ,nucleus: excited state ,Event (particle physics) - Abstract
We present our recent progress on the relativistic modeling of neutrino-nucleus reactions for their implementation in MonteCarlo event generators (GENIE, NEUT) employed in neutrino oscillation experiments. We compare charged-current neutrino and antineutrino cross sections obtained within the SuSAv2 model, which is based on the Relativistic Mean Field theory and on the analysis of the superscaling behavior exhibited by ($e,e'$) data. We also evaluate and discuss the impact of multi-nucleon excitations arising from 2p-2h states excited by the action of weak forces in a fully relativistic framework, showing for the first time their implementation in GENIE and their comparison with recent T2K data., 2 pages, 1 figure. Rabida 18 - International Scientific Meeting on Nuclear Physics: Basic concepts in Nuclear Physics: theory, experiments and applications. La R\'abida (Spain) 18th-22th June 2018. To be published in Springer Proceedings in Physics
- Published
- 2019
- Full Text
- View/download PDF