Abstract
We report the results of a calculation of the neutrino- and antineutrino-induced γ-ray production cross section for oxygen target. Our analysis is focused on the kinematical region of neutrino energy larger than ∼200 MeV, in which single-nucleon knockout is known to be the dominant reaction mechanism. The numerical results have been obtained using a realistic model of the target spectral function, extensively tested against electron-nucleus scattering data. We find that at neutrino energy 600 MeV the fraction of neutral-current interactions leading to emission of γ-rays of energy larger than 6 MeV is ∼41%, and that the contribution of the p3/2 state is overwhelming.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 012055 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
| Volume | 408 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2013 |
| Event | 13th International Workshop on Neutrino Factories, Super Beams and Beta Beams, NUFACT 2011 - Geneva, Switzerland Duration: Aug 1 2011 → Aug 6 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
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Ankowski, A. M., Benhar, O., Mori, T., Yamaguchi, R., & Sakuda, M. (2013). γ-ray production in neutral-current neutrino-oxygen interactions at energies above 200 MeV. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 408(1), [012055]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/408/1/012055