scholarly journals Neutral-Current Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering off Xe Isotopes

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Pirinen ◽  
J. Suhonen ◽  
E. Ydrefors
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Structure ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Neutral Current ◽  
Random Phase ◽  
Solar Neutrinos ◽  
Neutrino Energy ◽  
Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation ◽  
Nucleus Scattering ◽  
Nuclear Structure Calculations

Large liquid xenon detectors aiming for dark matter direct detection will soon become viable tools also for investigating neutrino physics. Information on the effects of nuclear structure in neutrino-nucleus scattering can be important in distinguishing neutrino backgrounds in such detectors. We perform calculations for differential and total cross sections of neutral-current neutrino scattering off the most abundant xenon isotopes. The nuclear-structure calculations are made in the nuclear shell model for elastic scattering and also in the quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) and microscopic quasiparticle-phonon model (MQPM) for both elastic and inelastic scattering. Using suitable neutrino energy distributions, we compute estimates of total averaged cross sections for ​8B solar neutrinos and supernova neutrinos.

scholarly journals Convolutedν-Signals on114Cd Isotope from Astrophysical and Laboratory Neutrino Sources

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vaitsa Tsakstara
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Neutral Current ◽  
Random Phase ◽  
Intermediate Energy ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation ◽  
Simulation Techniques ◽  
Nucleus Scattering ◽  
Reactor Neutrinos ◽  
Scattering Cross Sections

At first, we evaluate scattering cross sections of low, and intermediate-energy neutrinos scattered off the114Cd isotope, the most abundant Cd isotope present also in the COBRA detector (CdTe and CdZnTe materials) which aims to search for double beta decay events and neutrino observations at Gran Sasso laboratory (LNGS). The coherentν-nucleus channel addressed here is the dominant reaction channel of the neutral currentν-nucleus scattering. Ourν-nucleus cross sections (calculated with a refinement of the quasiparticle random-phase approximation, QRPA) refer to thegs→gstransitions forν-energiesεν≤100 MeV. Subsequently, simulatedν-signals on114Cd isotope are derived. Towards this purpose, the required folded cross section comes out of simulation techniques by employing several low, and intermediate-energy neutrino distributions of the astrophysicalν-sources, like the solar, supernova, and Earth neutrinos, as well as the laboratory neutrinos, the reactor neutrinos, the pion-muon stopped neutrinos, and theβ-beam neutrinos.

scholarly journals Cross section calculations for neutrino-nucleus reactions at low and intermediate energies.

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
V. Ch. Chasioti ◽  
T. S. Kosmas ◽  
P. Divari
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Neutral Current ◽  
Axial Vector ◽  
Random Phase ◽  
Neutrino Energy ◽  
Reaction Cross ◽  
Neutrino Experiment ◽  
Final State ◽  
Quasi Particle ◽  
Intermediate Energies

Inelastic neutrino-nucleus reaction cross sections are studied focusing on the neutral current processes. Particularly, we investigate the angular and initial neutrino-energy dependence of the differential and integrated cross sections for low and intermediate energies of the incoming neutrino (or antineutrino). Contributions coming from both, the vector and axial-vector components of the corresponding hadronic currents have been included. The initial and final state nuclear wave-functions have been calculated in the context of the Quasi-particle Random Phase Approximation (QRPA) tested on the reproducibility of the low-lying energy spectrum (up to about 5 MeV) of the studied nuclei. The results presented here refer to the nuclear isotopes 16O and 98Mo. As it is well known, O plays a significant role in supernova evolution phenomena and Mo is used as a target in the MOON neutrino experiment at Japan.

scholarly journals Studying the coherent channel of neutral current ν-nucleus interaction

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
V. Tsakstara ◽  
T. S. Kosmas
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Neutral Current ◽  
Random Phase ◽  
Neutrino Energy ◽  
Energy Distributions ◽  
Quasi Particle ◽  
Neutrino Scattering ◽  
Supernova Neutrino ◽  
Power Law Distributions ◽  
Beta Beam

Original cross-sections calculations for neutral current neutrino scattering on 40Ar isotope are performed in the context of the quasi-particle random phase approximation (QRPA) by utilizing realistic two-nucleon forces. The incoming neutrino energy range adopted, εν ≤ 100 MeV, covers the supernova neutrinos, the low-energy beta-beam-neutrinos and the pion-muon stopped neutrino-beams existing or planned to be conducted at future neutron spallation sources. Subsequently, are the original cross sections convoluted with various supernova neutrino-energy distributions such as the two-parameter Fermi-Dirac and the power law distributions. The folded cross sections are obtained for various values of the parameters of these neutrino energy distributions corresponding to different supernova scenarios. One of the main purposes of this work is to explore the response of the 40Ar isotope as supernova neutrino detector.

scholarly journals Studying supernova neutrinos through nuclear structure calculations

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
V. Tsakstara ◽  
T. S. Kosmas ◽  
J. Sinatkas
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Random Phase ◽  
Neutrino Energy ◽  
Double Beta Decay ◽  
Quasi Particle ◽  
Supernova Neutrinos ◽  
Nuclear Structure Calculations ◽  
Structure Calculations ◽  
Two Parameter ◽  
Astrophysical Neutrino

Differential and integrated cross section calculations are performed in the context of the quasi particle random phase approximation (QRPA) by utilizing realistic two- nucleon forces, for the 64,66 Zn isotopes, contents of the COBRA double beta decay detector. For these isotopes the response to supernova neutrinos is of current inter- est. The response of the 66 Zn isotope to the energy-spectra of supernova neutrinos is also explored by convoluting the original results for the differential cross sections by employing: (i) a two-parameter Fermi-Dirac (FD) and (ii) a Power-Law (PL) neutrino energy distribution. Such folded cross sections are useful in low-energy astrophysical-neutrino detection in underground terrestrial experiments.

scholarly journals Coherent and incoherent channels of neutrino-nucleus reactions

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
P. C. Divari ◽  
T. S. Kosmas
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Neutral Current ◽  
Charged Current ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Scattering Cross ◽  
Neutrino Detection ◽  
Intermediate Energies ◽  
Nucleus Scattering ◽  
Scattering Cross Sections

Inelastic neutrino-nucleus scattering cross sections at low and intermediate energies are investigated for currently interesting nuclei employed in neutrino-detection experiments. This is an extension to charged current processes of our previous QRPA calculations referred to neutral current neutrino/antineutrino-nucleus reactions. Our preliminary results for the reactions 56Fe(νe, e−)56Co and 40Ar(νe, e−)40K compare rather well with similar calculations obtained in the context of continuum RPA.

scholarly journals Electron-capture modes with realistic nuclear structure calculations

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
P. G. Giannaka ◽  
T. S. Kosmas
Keyword(s):  
Electron Capture ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Nuclear Reactions ◽  
Random Phase ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Electron Neutrino ◽  
Β Decay ◽  
Decay Modes ◽  
Theory Point ◽  
Nuclear Structure Calculations

Nuclear electron capture posses prominent position among other weak interaction processes occuring in explosive nucleosynthesis. In particular, this process plays important role in the core-colapse of massive stars by modifying the electron to baryon ratio Ye. From a nuclear theory point of view, such processes may be studied by using the same nuclear methods (e.g. the quasi-particle random phase approximation, QRPA), employed in the present work with these used for the one-body charge changing nuclear reactions (β-decay modes, charged-current electron-neutrino absorption by nuclei, etc). In this work we calculate e−-capture cross sections on 56Fe using two different approaches. At first, original cross section calculations are perfored by using the pn-QRPA method considering all the accessible transitions of the final nucleus 56Mn. Secondly, we evaluate the Gamow-Teller strength distributions and obtain the cross sections at the limit of zero-momentum transfer. The agreement between the two methods is very good.

The electric dipole response of even-even 154-164Dy isotopes

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huseynqulu Quliyev ◽  
Nilufer Demirci Saygı ◽  
Ekber Guliyev ◽  
Ali Akbar Kuliev
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Random Phase Approximation ◽  
Random Phase ◽  
Electric Response ◽  
Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation ◽  
Effective Interactions ◽  
Dipole Resonance ◽  
Pygmy Dipole Resonance ◽  
Strength Functions ◽  
Dipole Response

Abstract The excitation of pygmy dipole resonance (PDR) and giant dipole resonance (GDR) in even-even 154-164Dy isotopes is examined through quasiparticle random-phase approximation (QRPA) with the effective interactions that restores the broken translational and Galilean invariances. In each isotope, an electric response emerges by showing ample distribution at energies below and above 10 MeV. We, therefore, study the transition cross sections and probabilities, photon strength functions, transition strengths, isospin character, and collectivity of the predicted E1 responses.

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