Neutrino and antineutrino charge-exchange reactions on 12C

Abstract

We extend the formalism of weak interaction processes, obtaining new expressions for the transition rates, which greatly facilitate numerical calculations, both for neutrino-nucleus reactions and muon capture. Explicit violation of CVC hypothesis by the Coulomb field, as well as development of a sum rule approach for the inclusive cross sections have been worked out. We have done a thorough study of exclusive (ground state) properties of ${}^{12}$B and ${}^{12}$N within the projected quasiparticle random phase approximation (PQRPA). Good agreement with experimental data achieved in this way put in evidence the limitations of standard RPA and the QRPA models, which come from the inability of the RPA in opening the $p_{3/2}$ shell, and from the non-conservation of the number of particles in the QRPA. The inclusive neutrino/antineutrino ($\nu /\tilde{\nu }$) reactions ${}^{12}$C($\nu ,e^{-}{)}^{12}$N and ${}^{12}$C($\tilde{\nu },e^{+}{)}^{12}$B are calculated within both the PQRPA, and the relativistic QRPA (RQRPA). It is found that the magnitudes of the resulting cross-sections: i) are close to the sum-rule limit at low energy, but significantly smaller than this limit at high energies both for $\nu$ and $\tilde{\nu }$, ii) they steadily increase when the size of the configuration space is augmented, and particulary for $\nu /\tilde{\nu }$ energies $>200$ MeV, and iii) converge for sufficiently large configuration space and final state spin. The quasi-elastic ${}^{12}$C($\nu ,{\mu }^{-}{)}^{12}$N cross section recently measured in the MiniBooNE experiment is briefly discussed. We study the decomposition of the inclusive cross-section based on the degree of forbiddenness of different multipoles. A few words are dedicated to the $\nu /\tilde{\nu }$-${}^{12}$C charge-exchange reactions related with astrophysical applications.

21 pages, 13 figures, 1 table, submitted to Physical Review C

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