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The nucleon axial mass and the MiniBooNE quasielastic neutrino–nucleus scattering problem

2011/06/30 by J. Nieves, I. Ruiz Simo, I. Ruiz Simó +1 · 242 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cross section (physics) #Elastic scattering #Inelastic neutron scattering #MiniBooNE #Neutrino #Neutrino Physics Research #Neutrino oscillation #Neutron #Neutron scattering #Nuclear cross section #Nuclear physics #Nucleon #Nucleus #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum mechanics #Quasielastic scattering #Range (aeronautics) #Scattering #Scattering cross-section #Sterile neutrino #hep-ph #nucl-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2011.11.061

published in Physics Letters B 707(1), 72-75 (Elsevier BV) · 6 pages and 3 figures. This version matches accepted version for publication in Physics Letters B

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Abstract

The charged-current double differential neutrino cross section, measured by the MiniBooNE Collaboration, has been analyzed using a microscopical model that accounts for, among other nuclear effects, long range nuclear (RPA) correlations and multinucleon scattering. We find that MiniBooNE data are fully compatible with the world average of the nucleon axial mass in contrast with several previous analyses which have suggested an anomalously large value. We also discuss the reliability of the algorithm used to estimate the neutrino energy.

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