Shell-model computed cross sections for charged-current scattering of astrophysical neutrinos off Ar 40
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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.
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| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 034309 |
| Journal | Physical Review C |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Mar 2018 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |