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- Christophe Praet (UGent) , Olga Lalakulich, Natalie Jachowicz (UGent) and Jan Ryckebusch (UGent)
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- We present a fully relativistic formalism for describing neutrino-induced Δ -mediated single-pion production in nuclei. We assess the ambiguities stemming from the Δ interactions and quantify the uncertainties in the axial form-factor parameters by comparing with the available bubble-chamber neutrino-scattering data. To include nuclear effects, we turn to a relativistic plane-wave impulse approximation (RPWIA) using realistic bound-state wave functions derived in the Hartree approximation to the σ - ω Walecka model. For neutrino energies larger than 1 GeV, we show that a relativistic Fermi-gas model with appropriate binding-energy correction produces results that are comparable to the RPWIA that naturally includes Fermi motion, nuclear-binding effects, and the Pauli exclusion principle. Including Δ medium modifications roughly halves the RPWIA cross section. Calculations for primary (prior to undergoing final-state interactions) pion production are presented for both electron- and neutrino-induced processes, and a comparison with electron-scattering data and other theoretical approaches is included. We infer that the total Δ -production strength is underestimated by about 20 to 25%, a fraction that is due to the pionless decay modes of the Δ in a medium. The model presented in this work can be naturally extended to include the effect of final-state interactions in a relativistic and quantum-mechanical way.
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- ENERGY, TRANSITION, FORM-FACTORS, NEUTRINO SCATTERING, PI(0) PRODUCTION, BEAM, NU
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-692818
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- Praet, Christophe, et al. “Δ-Mediated Pion Production in Nuclei.” PHYSICAL REVIEW C, vol. 79, no. 4, 2009, doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.79.044603.
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- Praet, C., Lalakulich, O., Jachowicz, N., & Ryckebusch, J. (2009). Δ-mediated pion production in nuclei. PHYSICAL REVIEW C, 79(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.79.044603
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- Praet, Christophe, Olga Lalakulich, Natalie Jachowicz, and Jan Ryckebusch. 2009. “Δ-Mediated Pion Production in Nuclei.” PHYSICAL REVIEW C 79 (4). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.79.044603.
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- Praet, Christophe, Olga Lalakulich, Natalie Jachowicz, and Jan Ryckebusch. 2009. “Δ-Mediated Pion Production in Nuclei.” PHYSICAL REVIEW C 79 (4). doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.79.044603.
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- 1.Praet C, Lalakulich O, Jachowicz N, Ryckebusch J. Δ-mediated pion production in nuclei. PHYSICAL REVIEW C. 2009;79(4).
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- [1]C. Praet, O. Lalakulich, N. Jachowicz, and J. Ryckebusch, “Δ-mediated pion production in nuclei,” PHYSICAL REVIEW C, vol. 79, no. 4, 2009.
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