Nuclear effects in electron reactions and their impact on neutrino processes

TL;DR

This paper proposes using superscaling observed in electron-nucleus interactions to accurately predict neutrino-nucleus cross sections across various processes, aiding neutrino physics research.

Contribution

It introduces a method leveraging superscaling in electroweak interactions to improve neutrino-nucleus cross section predictions.

Findings

Superscaling is largely independent of momentum transfer and nuclear species.

The approach enables precise predictions for neutrino-induced processes.

Potential applications in neutrino physics experiments.

Abstract

We suggest that superscaling in electroweak interactions with nuclei, namely the observation that the reduced electron-nucleus cross sections are to a large degree independent of the momentum transfer and of the nuclear species, can be used as a tool to obtain precise predictions for neutrino-nucleus cross sections in both charged and neutral current-induced processes.