The influence of the nuclear medium on inclusive electron and neutrino scattering off nuclei

TL;DR

This paper develops a model to study how the nuclear medium affects inclusive electron and neutrino scattering, with a focus on in-medium effects on quasi-elastic and pion-production processes, validated against experimental data.

Contribution

It introduces a new model that accounts for in-medium effects in electron and neutrino scattering, providing improved understanding and predictions for nuclear interactions.

Findings

Model accurately describes electron scattering data on Oxygen

Results serve as a benchmark for neutrino scattering predictions

Highlights importance of in-medium effects in scattering processes

Abstract

We present a model for inclusive electron and neutrino scattering off nuclei paying special attention to the influence of in-medium effects on the quasi-elastic scattering and pion-production mechanisms. Our results for electron scattering off Oxygen are compared to experimental data at beam energies ranging from 0.7-1.5 GeV. The good description of electron scattering serves as a benchmark for neutrino scattering.