Neutrino-induced meson productions off nucleon at forward limit in nucleon resonance region

TL;DR

This paper presents a dynamical coupled-channels model to predict neutrino-induced meson production off nucleons in the resonance region, providing the first data-driven predictions for various reaction cross sections at the forward limit.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive DCC model combined with PCAC to predict neutrino reaction cross sections, improving upon previous models like Rein-Sehgal.

Findings

Predicted cross sections for nu N -> pi pi N, eta N, K Lambda, K Sigma reactions.

Significant differences found compared to the Rein-Sehgal model.

Model successfully describes meson production data in the resonance region.

Abstract

We study forward neutrino-induced meson production off the nucleon in the resonance region. Our calculation is based on a dynamical coupled-channels (DCC) model that reasonably describes pi (gamma) N -> pi N, eta N, K Lambda, K Sigma data in the resonance region. We apply the PCAC hypothesis to the DCC model to relate the pi N reaction amplitude to the forward neutrino reaction amplitude. In this way, we give a prediction for nu N -> pi N, pi pi N, eta N, K Lambda, K Sigma reaction cross sections. The predicted nu N -> pi pi N, eta N, K Lambda, K Sigma cross sections are, for the first time, based on a model extensively tested by data. We compare our results with those from the Rein-Sehgal model that has been very often used in the existing Monte Carlo simulators for neutrino experiments. We find a significant difference between them.