Modeling quasielastic interactions of monoenergetic kaon decay-at-rest neutrinos
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- Alexis Nikolakopoulos (UGent) , V Pandey, J. Spitz and Natalie Jachowicz (UGent)
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- Monoenergetic muon neutrinos at 236 MeV are readily produced in intense medium-energy proton facilities (greater than or similar to 2-3 GeV) when a positive kaon decays at rest (KDAR; K+ -> mu(+) nu(mu)). These neutrinos provide a unique opportunity to both study the neutrino interaction and probe the nucleus with a monoenergetic weak-interactiononly tool. We present cross-section calculations for quasielastic scattering of these 236-MeV neutrinos off C-12 and Ar-40, paying special attention to low-energy aspects of the scattering process. Our model takes the description of the nucleus in a mean-field approach as the starting point, where we solve Hartree-Fock equations using a Skyrme type nucleon-nucleon interaction. Thereby, we introduce long-range nuclear correlations by means of a continuum random-phase approximation (CRPA) framework where we solve the CRPA equations using a Green's function method. The model successfully describes (e, e') data on C-12 and Ca-40 in the kinematic region that overlaps with the KDAR nu(mu) phase space. In addition to these results, we present future prospects for precision KDAR cross-section measurements and applications of our calculations in current and future experiments that will utilize these neutrinos.
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- ELECTRON-SCATTERING
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8758783
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- Nikolakopoulos, Alexis, et al. “Modeling Quasielastic Interactions of Monoenergetic Kaon Decay-at-Rest Neutrinos.” PHYSICAL REVIEW C, vol. 103, no. 6, 2021, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.103.064603.
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- Nikolakopoulos, A., Pandey, V., Spitz, J., & Jachowicz, N. (2021). Modeling quasielastic interactions of monoenergetic kaon decay-at-rest neutrinos. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 103(6). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.103.064603
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- Nikolakopoulos, Alexis, V Pandey, J. Spitz, and Natalie Jachowicz. 2021. “Modeling Quasielastic Interactions of Monoenergetic Kaon Decay-at-Rest Neutrinos.” PHYSICAL REVIEW C 103 (6). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.103.064603.
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- Nikolakopoulos, Alexis, V Pandey, J. Spitz, and Natalie Jachowicz. 2021. “Modeling Quasielastic Interactions of Monoenergetic Kaon Decay-at-Rest Neutrinos.” PHYSICAL REVIEW C 103 (6). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.103.064603.
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- 1.Nikolakopoulos A, Pandey V, Spitz J, Jachowicz N. Modeling quasielastic interactions of monoenergetic kaon decay-at-rest neutrinos. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 2021;103(6).
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- [1]A. Nikolakopoulos, V. Pandey, J. Spitz, and N. Jachowicz, “Modeling quasielastic interactions of monoenergetic kaon decay-at-rest neutrinos,” PHYSICAL REVIEW C, vol. 103, no. 6, 2021.
@article{8758783, abstract = {{Monoenergetic muon neutrinos at 236 MeV are readily produced in intense medium-energy proton facilities (greater than or similar to 2-3 GeV) when a positive kaon decays at rest (KDAR; K+ -> mu(+) nu(mu)). These neutrinos provide a unique opportunity to both study the neutrino interaction and probe the nucleus with a monoenergetic weak-interactiononly tool. We present cross-section calculations for quasielastic scattering of these 236-MeV neutrinos off C-12 and Ar-40, paying special attention to low-energy aspects of the scattering process. Our model takes the description of the nucleus in a mean-field approach as the starting point, where we solve Hartree-Fock equations using a Skyrme type nucleon-nucleon interaction. Thereby, we introduce long-range nuclear correlations by means of a continuum random-phase approximation (CRPA) framework where we solve the CRPA equations using a Green's function method. The model successfully describes (e, e') data on C-12 and Ca-40 in the kinematic region that overlaps with the KDAR nu(mu) phase space. In addition to these results, we present future prospects for precision KDAR cross-section measurements and applications of our calculations in current and future experiments that will utilize these neutrinos.}}, articleno = {{064603}}, author = {{Nikolakopoulos, Alexis and Pandey, V and Spitz, J. and Jachowicz, Natalie}}, issn = {{2469-9985}}, journal = {{PHYSICAL REVIEW C}}, keywords = {{ELECTRON-SCATTERING}}, language = {{eng}}, number = {{6}}, pages = {{19}}, title = {{Modeling quasielastic interactions of monoenergetic kaon decay-at-rest neutrinos}}, url = {{http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.103.064603}}, volume = {{103}}, year = {{2021}}, }
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