Towards a more complete description of nucleon distortion in lepton-induced single-pion production at low-$Q^2$

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Autori principali: García-Marcos, J., Franco-Munoz, T., González-Jiménez, R., Nikolakopoulos, A., Jachowicz, N., Udías, J. M.
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author García-Marcos, J.
Franco-Munoz, T.
González-Jiménez, R.
Nikolakopoulos, A.
Jachowicz, N.
Udías, J. M.
author_facet García-Marcos, J.
Franco-Munoz, T.
González-Jiménez, R.
Nikolakopoulos, A.
Jachowicz, N.
Udías, J. M.
contents Theoretical predictions for lepton-induced single-pion production (SPP) on $^{12}$C are revisited in order to assess the effect of different treatments of the current operator. On one hand we have the asymptotic approximation, which consists in replacing the particle four-vectors that enter in the operator by their asymptotic values, i.e., their values out of the nucleus. On the other hand we have the full calculation, which is a more accurate approach to the problem. We also compare with results in which the final nucleon is described by a relativistic plane wave, to rate the effect of the nucleon distortion. The study is performed for several lepton kinematics, reproducing inclusive and semi-inclusive cross sections belonging to the low-$Q^2$ region (between 0.05 and 1 GeV$^2$), which is of special interest in charged-current (CC) neutrino-nucleus 1$π$ production. Inclusive electron results are compared with experimental data. We find non-trivial corrections comparable in size with the effect of the nucleon distortion, namely, corrections up to 6\%, either increasing or diminishing the asymptotic prediction, and a shift of the distributions towards higher energy transfer. For the semi-inclusive cross sections, we observe the correction to be prominent mainly at low values of the outgoing nucleon kinetic energy. Finally, for CC neutrino-induced 1$π^+$ production, we find a reduction at low-$Q^2$ with respect to both the plane-wave approach and the asymptotic case.
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spellingShingle Towards a more complete description of nucleon distortion in lepton-induced single-pion production at low-$Q^2$
García-Marcos, J.
Franco-Munoz, T.
González-Jiménez, R.
Nikolakopoulos, A.
Jachowicz, N.
Udías, J. M.
Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Theoretical predictions for lepton-induced single-pion production (SPP) on $^{12}$C are revisited in order to assess the effect of different treatments of the current operator. On one hand we have the asymptotic approximation, which consists in replacing the particle four-vectors that enter in the operator by their asymptotic values, i.e., their values out of the nucleus. On the other hand we have the full calculation, which is a more accurate approach to the problem. We also compare with results in which the final nucleon is described by a relativistic plane wave, to rate the effect of the nucleon distortion. The study is performed for several lepton kinematics, reproducing inclusive and semi-inclusive cross sections belonging to the low-$Q^2$ region (between 0.05 and 1 GeV$^2$), which is of special interest in charged-current (CC) neutrino-nucleus 1$π$ production. Inclusive electron results are compared with experimental data. We find non-trivial corrections comparable in size with the effect of the nucleon distortion, namely, corrections up to 6\%, either increasing or diminishing the asymptotic prediction, and a shift of the distributions towards higher energy transfer. For the semi-inclusive cross sections, we observe the correction to be prominent mainly at low values of the outgoing nucleon kinetic energy. Finally, for CC neutrino-induced 1$π^+$ production, we find a reduction at low-$Q^2$ with respect to both the plane-wave approach and the asymptotic case.
title Towards a more complete description of nucleon distortion in lepton-induced single-pion production at low-$Q^2$
topic Nuclear Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.18056