Coherent pion production by neutrino scattering off nuclei

Dec, 2005
4 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 74 (2006) 054007
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Report number:
  • DO-TH-05-11

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Abstract:
The main part of coherent pion production by neutrinos on nuclei is essentially determined by PCAC, provided that the leptonic momentum transferred square Q^2 remains sufficiently small. We give the formulas for the charged and neutral current cross sections, including also the small non-PCAC transverse current contributions and taking into account the effect of the \mu^- mass. Our results are compared with the experimental ones and other theoretical treatments.
  • 13.15.+g
  • 13.60.Le
  • neutrino nucleus: coherent interaction
  • neutrino nucleus: nuclear reaction
  • carbon
  • pi: neutrinoproduction
  • charged current
  • neutral current
  • PCAC model
  • channel cross section: energy dependence