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Author(s):  
K. E. Duffy ◽  
A. P. Furmanski ◽  
E. Gramellini ◽  
O. Palamara ◽  
M. Soderberg ◽  
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AbstractPrecise modeling of neutrino interactions on argon is crucial for the success of future experiments such as the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) and the Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program, which will use liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) technology. Argon is a large nucleus, and nuclear effects—both on the initial and final-state particles in the interaction—are expected to be large in neutrino–argon interactions. Therefore, measurements of neutrino scattering cross sections on argon will be of particular importance to future DUNE and SBN oscillation measurements. This article presents a review of neutrino–argon interaction measurements from the MicroBooNE and ArgoNeuT collaborations, using two LArTPC detectors that have collected data in the NuMI and Booster Neutrino Beams at Fermilab. Measurements are presented of charged-current muon neutrino scattering in the inclusive channel, the ‘0$$\pi $$ π ’ channel (in which no pions but some number of protons may be produced), and single pion production (including production of both charged and neutral pions). Measurements of electron neutrino scattering are presented in the form of $$\nu _e+\bar{\nu }_e$$ ν e + ν ¯ e  inclusive scattering cross sections.


Author(s):  
Luis Alvarez-Ruso ◽  
Costas Andreopoulos ◽  
Adi Ashkenazi ◽  
Christopher Barry ◽  
Steve Dennis ◽  
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AbstractThe release of GENIE v3.0.0 was a major milestone in the long history of the GENIE project, delivering several alternative comprehensive neutrino interaction models, improved charged-lepton scattering simulations, a range of beyond the Standard Model simulation capabilities, improved experimental interfaces, expanded core framework capabilities, and advanced new frameworks for the global analysis of neutrino scattering data and tuning of neutrino interaction models. Steady progress continued following the release of GENIE v3.0.0. New tools and a large number of new physics models, comprehensive model configurations, and tunes have been made publicly available and planned for release in v3.2.0. This article highlights some of the most recent technical and physics developments in the GENIE v3 series.


2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arushi Bodas ◽  
Rupert Coy ◽  
Simon J. D. King

AbstractWe consider simultaneous explanations of the electron and muon $$g-2$$ g - 2 anomalies through a single $$Z'$$ Z ′ of a $$U(1)'$$ U ( 1 ) ′ extension to the Standard Model (SM). We first perform a model-independent analysis of the viable flavour-dependent $$Z'$$ Z ′ couplings to leptons, which are subject to various strict experimental constraints. We show that only a narrow region of parameter space with an MeV-scale $$Z'$$ Z ′ can account for the two anomalies. Following the conclusions of this analysis, we then explore the ability of different classes of $$Z'$$ Z ′ models to realise these couplings, including the SM$$+U(1)'$$ + U ( 1 ) ′ , the N-Higgs Doublet Model$$+U(1)'$$ + U ( 1 ) ′ , and a Froggatt–Nielsen style scenario. In each case, the necessary combination of couplings cannot be obtained, owing to additional relations between the $$Z'$$ Z ′ couplings to charged leptons and neutrinos induced by the gauge structure, and to the stringency of neutrino scattering bounds. Hence, we conclude that no $$U(1)'$$ U ( 1 ) ′ extension can resolve both anomalies unless other new fields are also introduced. While most of our study assumes the Caesium $$(g-2)_e$$ ( g - 2 ) e measurement, our findings in fact also hold in the case of the Rubidium measurement, despite the tension between the two.


Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2180
Author(s):  
Yury Pismak ◽  
Olga Shakhova

Symanzik’s approach to the description of quantum field systems in an inhomogeneous space-time is used to construct a model for the interaction of neutrino fields with matter. In this way, the problem of the influence of strong inhomogeneities of the medium on the processes of oscillations is considered. As a simple example, a model of neutrino scattering on a material plane is investigated. Within this model, in the collisions of particles with planes, a special filtration mechanism can be formed. It has a significant impact on the dynamics of subsequent neutrino oscillations which are analogous to the Mikheev-Smirnov-Wolfenstein effect at propagation of these particles in an adiabatic medium. Taking into account the possibility of the filtration process in a highly inhomogeneous environment can be useful in planning and carrying out experimental studies of neutrino physics. It can also be considered by investigations of the role of neutrino in astrophysical processes by means of numerical simulations methods.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
pp. 020
Author(s):  
Víctor Muñoz ◽  
Volodymyr Takhistov ◽  
Samuel J. Witte ◽  
George M. Fuller

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (08) ◽  
pp. C08001
Author(s):  
A. McMullen ◽  
A. Vincent ◽  
C. Arguëlles ◽  
A. Schneider

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (08) ◽  
pp. P08068
Author(s):  
A. Bashyal ◽  
D. Rimal ◽  
B. Messerly ◽  
Z. Ahmad Dar ◽  
F. Akbar ◽  
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Author(s):  
Hiroaki Matsubara ◽  
Atsushi Tamii

Spin-M1 excitations of nuclei are important for describing neutrino reactions in supernovae or in neutrino detectors since they are allowed transitions mediated by neutral current neutrino interactions. The spin-M1 excitation strength distributions in self-conjugate N=Z nuclei were studied by proton inelastic scattering at forward angles for each of isovector and isoscalar excitations as reported in H. Matsubara et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 102501 (2015). The experiment was carried out at the Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, employing a proton beam at 295 MeV and the high-resolution spectrometer Grand Raiden. The measured cross-section of each excited state was converted to the squared nuclear matrix elements of spin-M1 transitions by applying a unit cross-section method. Comparison with predictions by a shell-model has revealed that isoscalar spin-M1 strengths are not quenched from the prediction although isovector spin-M1 strengths are quenched similarly with Gamow-Teller strengths in charged-current reactions. This finding hints at an important origin of the quenching of the strength relevant to neutrino scattering, that is, the proton-neutron spin-spin correlation in the ground state of the target nucleus. In this manuscript we present the details of the unit cross-section method used in the data analysis and discuss the consistency between the quenching of the isoscalar magnetic moments and that of the isoscalar spin-M1 strengths.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam McMullen ◽  
Carlos Arguelles ◽  
Austin Schneider ◽  
Aaron Vincent ◽  
Rasha Abbasi ◽  
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