Roles of Direct Break-up Reaction on Neutrino Scattering off $^{12}$C near Nucleon Threshold Region

TL;DR

This paper investigates the role of direct neutrino and antineutrino scattering processes on carbon-12 near the nucleon emission threshold, highlighting their potential impact on nucleosynthesis and isotope abundances.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of direct quasi-elastic neutrino scattering off $^{12}$C, emphasizing its significance alongside traditional indirect processes in nucleosynthesis models.

Findings

Direct processes may significantly influence $^{11}$C and $^{11}$B production.

Direct and indirect processes could be comparable when final state interactions are considered.

Implications for nucleosynthesis in astrophysical environments are discussed.

Abstract

Neutrino (antineutrino) scattering off $^{12}$C is one of various important key reactions for $\nu$-process in the nucleosysnthesis of light nuclei. Most of neutrino-nucleus scattering are considered through indirect processes within the energy range from a few to tens of MeV. Target nuclei are excited by incident neutrino (antineutrino) through various transitions, and subsequently decay into other nuclei with emitting particles. But, direct processes are also feasible, in which incident neutrino (antineutrino) strips directly one nucleon from target nuclei. Consequently, direct processes may affect abundances of $^{11}$C and $^{11}$B additionally to indirect processes. We investigate direct neutrino (antineutrino) quasi-elastic scattering off $^{12}$C around the energy region liberating one nucleon and discuss implications of direct processes in the nucleosynthesis. The direct processes might be comparable to the indirect processes if the final state interaction is taken into account.