https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2004-02086-9
theoretical physics
Spectrum of recoil nucleons in quasi-elastic neutrino-nucleus interactions
Institute of Theoretical Physics, Wrocław University, Pl. M. Borna 9, 50-204, Wrocław, Poland
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Abstract
We have analyzed the consequences of introducing the local density approximation combined with an effective nuclear momentum-dependent potential into the CC quasi-elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. We note that the distribution of recoil nucleons momenta becomes smooth for low momentum values and the sharp threshold is removed. Our results may be relevant for Sci-Fi detector analysis of K2K experiments. The total amount of observed recoil protons is reduced because some of them remain bound inside the nucleus. We compare theoretical predictions for a probability of such events with the results given by NUX + FLUKA MC simulations.
© Springer-Verlag, 2005
