2013/04/09 by L. Alvarez-Ruso, Alvarez-Ruso, L., J. Nieves +3
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Nuclear Theory (nucl-th) #hep-ph #nucl-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1304.2702
5 pages, 4 figures, Contribution to the Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the Few-GeV Region (NuInt12)
arxiv created 2013/04/09 · arxiv updated 2013/04/10
We report on our study of photon emission induced by Enu ~ 1 GeV (anti)neutrino neutral current interactions with nucleons and nuclei. This process is an important background for nue appearance oscillation experiments. At the relevant energies, the reaction is dominated by the excitation of the Delta (1232) resonance but there are also non-resonant contributions that, close to threshold, are fully determined by the effective chiral Lagrangian of strong interactions. We have obtained differential and integrated cross section for the (anti)neutrino-nucleon scattering and compare them with previous results. Furthermore, we have extended the model to nuclear targets taking into account Fermi motion, Pauli blocking and the in-medium modifications of the Delta properties. This study is important in order to reduce systematic effects in neutrino oscillation experiments.