Effects of the nuclear correlations on the neutrino-oxygen interactions
J. Marteau
Institut de Physique nucléaire de Lyon, IN2P3-CNRS et Université Claude Bernard, 43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Received: 15 January 1999 Communicated by P. Schuck
Abstract
We perform a calculation of the absolute charged current neutrino-oxygen events
rates relevant in the atmospheric neutrino experiments. The inclusive reaction
cross-section is split into exclusive channels, which are classified according
to the number of Cerenkov rings they produce. The model includes the
effects of residual interaction in a RPA scheme with both nucleon-hole and
Delta-hole excited states and the effects of (np-nh) excitations
(n=2,3). Our result is that although the flavor ratio
remains almost unaffected by the nuclear effects considered here and
often neglected in the Monte-Carlo simulations, the absolute events rates are
subject to important modifications.
PACS
13.15.+g Neutrino interactions -
14.40.-n Mesons -
24.30.Gd Other resonances
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