Nuclear effects in electron- and neutrino-nucleus scattering within a relativistic quantum mechanical framework

Abstract

We study the impact of the description of the knockout nucleon wave function on electron- and neutrino-induced quasielastic and single-pion production cross sections. We work in a fully relativistic and quantum mechanical framework, where the relativistic mean-field model is used to describe the target nucleus. The focus is on Pauli blocking and the distortion of the final nucleon, these two nuclear effects are separated and analyzed in detail. We find that a proper quantum mechanical treatment of these effects is crucial to provide the correct magnitude and shape of the inclusive cross section. Also, this seems to be key to predict the right ratio of muon- to electron-neutrino cross sections at very forward scattering angles.

arXiv comment14 pages, 14 figures

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