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Superscaling and Neutral Current Quasielastic Neutrino-Nucleus Scattering beyond the Relativistic Fermi Gas Model
The superscaling analysis is extended to include quasielastic (QE) scattering
via the weak neutral current of neutrinos and antineutrinos from nuclei. The
scaling function obtained within the coherent density fluctuation model (used
previously in calculations of QE inclusive electron and charge-changing (CC)
neutrino scattering) is applied to neutral current neutrino and antineutrino
scattering with energies of 1 GeV from C with a proton and neutron
knockout (u-channel inclusive processes). The results are compared with those
obtained using the scaling function from the relativistic Fermi gas model and
the scaling function as determined from the superscaling analysis (SuSA) of QE
electron scattering.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, published in Phys. Rev.
Scaling Function, Spectral Function and Nucleon Momentum Distribution in Nuclei
The link between the scaling function extracted from the analysis of (e,e')
cross sections and the spectral function/momentum distribution in nuclei is
revisited. Several descriptions of the spectral function based on the
independent particle model are employed, together with the inclusion of nucleon
correlations, and effects of the energy dependence arising from the width of
the hole states are investigated. Although some of these approaches provide
rough overall agreement with data, they are not found to be capable of
reproducing one of the distinctive features of the experimental scaling
function, namely its asymmetry. However, the addition of final-state
interactions, incorporated in the present study using either relativistic mean
field theory or via a complex optical potential, does lead to asymmetric
scaling functions in accordance with data. The present analysis seems to
indicate that final-state interactions constitute an essential ingredient and
are required to provide a proper description of the experimental scaling
function.Comment: 29 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review
Monitoring of a quasi-stationary eddy in the Bay of Biscay by means of satellite, in situ and model results
The presence of a quasi-stationary anticyclonic eddy within the southeastern Bay of Biscay (centred around 44°30′N-4°W) has been reported on various occasions in the bibliography. The analysis made in this study for the period 2003–2010, by using in situ and remote sensing measurements and model results shows that this mesoscale coherent structure is present almost every year from the end of winter-beginning of spring, to the beginning of fall. During this period it remains in an area limited to the east by the Landes Plateau, to the west by Le Danois Bank and Torrelavega canyon and to the northwest by the Jovellanos seamount. All the observations and analysis made in this contribution, suggest that this structure is generated between Capbreton and Torrelavega canyons. Detailed monitoring from in situ and remote sensing data of an anticyclonic quasi-stationary eddy, in 2008, shows the origin of this structure from a warm water current located around 43°42′N-3°30′W in mid-January. This coherent structure is monitored until August around the same area, where it has a marked influence on the Sea Level Anomaly, Sea Surface Temperature and surface Chlorophyll-a concentration. An eddy tracking method, applied to the outputs of a numerical model, shows that the model is able to reproduce this type of eddy, with similar 2D characteristics and lifetimes to that suggested by the observations and previous works. This is the case, for instance, of the simulated MAY04 eddy, which was generated in May 2004 around Torrelavega canyon and remained quasi-stationary in the area for 4 months. The diameter of this eddy ranged from 40 to 60 km, its azimuthal velocity was less than 20 cm s−1, its vertical extension reached 3000–3500 m depth during April and May and it was observed to interact with other coherent structures
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