Modeling Neutrino Quasielastic Cross Sections on Nucleons and Nuclei

TL;DR

This paper calculates neutrino and antineutrino quasielastic scattering cross sections on nucleons and nuclei using updated form factor fits, comparing predictions with experimental data.

Contribution

It provides new calculations of cross sections based on the latest form factor data and compares these predictions to experimental measurements.

Findings

Predicted cross sections align well with experimental data.

Updated form factors improve the accuracy of quasielastic scattering models.

Provides a comprehensive comparison between theory and experiment.

Abstract

We calculate the total and differential quasielastic cross sections for neutrino and antineutrino scattering on nucleons using up to date fits to the nucleon elastic electromagnetic form factors $G_E^p$, $G_E^n$, $G_M^p$, $G_M^n$, and $F_A$ and pseudoscalar form factors. We compare predictions of the cross sections for nucelons and nuclei to experimental data.