Shell-model computed cross sections for charged-current scattering of astrophysical neutrinos off Ar 40

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Beitragende

  • Joel Kostensalo - , University of Jyväskylä (Autor:in)
  • Jouni Suhonen - , University of Jyväskylä (Autor:in)
  • K. Zuber - , Professur für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)

Abstract

Charged-current (anti)neutrino-Ar40 cross sections for astrophysical neutrinos have been calculated. The initial and final nuclear states were calculated using the nuclear shell model. The folded solar-neutrino scattering cross section was found to be 1.78(23)×10-42cm2, which is higher than what the previous papers have reported. The contributions from the 1- and 2- multipoles were found to be significant at supernova-neutrino energies, confirming the random-phase approximation (RPA) result of a previous study. The effects of neutrino flavor conversions in dense stellar matter (matter oscillations) were found to enhance the neutrino-scattering cross sections significantly for both the normal and inverted mass hierarchies. For the antineutrino scattering, only a small difference between the nonoscillating and inverted-hierarchy cross sections was found, while the normal-hierarchy cross section was 2-3 times larger than that of the nonoscillating cross section, depending on the adopted parametrization of the Fermi-Dirac distribution. This property of the supernova-antineutrino signal could probably be used to distinguish between the two hierarchies in megaton LAr detectors.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer034309
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review C
Jahrgang97
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 6 März 2018
Peer-Review-StatusJa

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