Effects of resonant and continuum states on the neutrino-nucleus cross section

O. Civitarese, R. J. Liotta, and M. E. Mosquera
Phys. Rev. C 78, 064308 – Published 15 December 2008

Abstract

Estimates of the neutrino-nucleus cross section, for the charged-current process ν+Pb208 e+Bi208*, are presented. The nuclear structure calculations were performed by considering bound, resonant, and continuum states in the single-particle basis used to construct correlated proton-particle neutron-hole configurations. The observed features of the spectrum of Bi208 were reproduced, as accurately as possible, by diagonalizing a phenomenological multipole-multipole interaction. Calculations of the cross section, for values of q200 MeV, were performed, and the dependence of the results on the choice of the residual proton-neutron interaction was investigated. It is found that the inclusion of resonant states in the calculation of the nuclear wave functions increases the neutrino-nucleus cross section and that the contribution of the continuum is negligible.

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  • Received 10 September 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.78.064308

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

O. Civitarese1,*, R. J. Liotta2, and M. E. Mosquera3

  • 1Department of Physics, University of La Plata c.c. 67 1900, La Plata, Argentina
  • 2KTH, Albanova University Center, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
  • 3Faculty of Astronomy and Geophysics, University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

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Vol. 78, Iss. 6 — December 2008

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