Theory of elastic neutrino-electron scattering

Abstract

Theoretical predictions for elastic neutrino-electron scattering have no hadronic or nuclear uncertainties at leading order making this process an important tool for normalizing neutrino flux. However, the process is subject to large radiative corrections that differ according to experimental conditions. In this paper, we collect new and existing results for total and differential cross sections accompanied by radiation of one photon, $\nu e\to \nu e(\gamma )$. We perform calculations within the Fermi effective theory and provide analytic expressions for the electron energy spectrum and for the total electromagnetic energy spectrum as well as for double- and triple-differential cross sections with respect to electron energy, electron angle, photon energy, and photon angle. We discuss illustrative applications to accelerator-based neutrino experiments and provide the most precise up-to-date values of neutrino-electron scattering cross sections. We present an analysis of theoretical error, which is dominated by the $\sim 0.2-0.4\%$ uncertainty of the hadronic correction. We also discuss how searches for new physics can be affected by radiative corrections.

arXiv comment54 pages, 20 figures. v2: journal version; minor corrections, Section 5.4 added, references and supplementary file added, appendix K extended

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