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Modeling Neutrino and Electron Scattering Cross Sections in the Few GeV Region with Effective
We use new scaling variables and , and add low
modifications to GRV94 and GRV98 leading order parton distribution functions
such that they can be used to model electron, muon and neutrino inelastic
scattering cross sections (and also photoproduction) at both very low and high
energie.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, Invited talk given by Arie Bodek at the X Mexican
School of Particles and Fields, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, 200
Extraction of Neutrino Flux with the Low Method at MiniBooNE Energies
We describe the application of the `low-' method to the extraction of
the neutrino flux at MiniBooNE energies. As an example, we extract the relative
energy dependence of the flux from published MiniBooNE quasielastic scattering
cross sections with GeV and GeV (here is the
energy transfer to the target). We find that the flux extracted from the
`low-' cross sections is consistent with the nominal flux used by
MiniBooNE. We fit the MiniBooNE cross sections over the entire kinematic range
to various parametrizations of the axial form factor. We find that if the
overall normalization of the fit is allowed to float within the normalization
errors, the extracted values of the axial vector mass are independent of the
flux. Within the Fermi gas model, the distribution of the MiniBooNE data
is described by a standard dipole form factor with GeV. If
nuclear transverse enhancement in the vector form factors is accounted for, the
data are best fit with a modified dipole form factor with
GeV.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, (presented by A. Bodek at CIPANP 2012, St.
Petersburg, FL, June 2012, and at NuFact 2012, Williamsburg, VA, July 2012
Ambiguities of neutrino(antineutrino) scattering on the nucleon due to the uncertainties of relevant strangeness form factors
Strange quark contributions to neutrino(antineutrino) scattering are
investigated on the nucleon level in the quasi-elastic region. The incident
energy range between 500 MeV and 1.0 GeV is used for the scattering. All of the
physical observable by the scattering are investigated within available
experimental and theoretical results for the strangeness form factors of the
nucleon. In specific, a newly combined data of parity violating electron
scattering and neutrino scattering is exploited. Feasible quantities to be
explored for the strangeness contents are discussed for the application to
neutrino-nucleus scattering.Comment: 17 pages, 7 figures, submit to J. Phys.
Higher Twist, Scaling, and Effective for Lepton Scattering in the Few GeV Region
We use a new scaling variable , and add low modifications to
GRV98 leading order parton distribution functions such that they can be used to
model electron, muon and neutrino inelastic scattering cross sections (and also
photoproduction) at both very low and high energies.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. To be published in J. Phys. G (Conf. Proceedings)
based on two talks by Arie Bodek at the NuFact conference, Imperial
College, London, England, July 200
Polarization effects in tau production by neutrino
We studied polarization effects in tau production by neutrino-nucleon
scattering. Quasi-elastic scattering, resonance production and deep
inelastic scattering processes are taken into account for the CERN-to-Gran
Sasso projects. We show that the tau produced by neutrino has high degree of
polarization, and its spin direction depends non-trivially on the energy and
the scattering angle of tau in the laboratory frame.Comment: 6 pages, 5 eps figures, espcrc2.sty; Proceedings of the 3rd
International Workshop on Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions in the Few GeV Region
(NuInt04), March 17-21, 2004, Gran Sasso, Italy; minor changes, typos in Eq.
(6) correcte
Startup of the High-Intensity Ultracold Neutron Source at the Paul Scherrer Institute
Ultracold neutrons (UCN) can be stored in suitable bottles and observed for
several hundreds of seconds. Therefore UCN can be used to study in detail the
fundamental properties of the neutron. A new user facility providing ultracold
neutrons for fundamental physics research has been constructed at the Paul
Scherrer Institute, the PSI UCN source. Assembly of the facility finished in
December 2010 with the first production of ultracold neutrons. Operation
approval was received in June 2011. We give an overview of the source and the
status at startup.Comment: Proceedings of the International Conference on Exotic Atoms and
Related Topics - EXA2011 September 5-9, 2011 Austrian Academy of Sciences,
Theatersaal, Sonnenfelsgasse 19, 1010 Wien, Austria 6 pages, 3 figure
Measurement of Transverse Polarization of Electrons Emitted in Free Neutron Decay
The final analysis of the experiment determining both components of the
transverse polarization of electrons (, )
emitted in the -decay of polarized, free neutrons is presented. The
T-odd, P-odd correlation coefficient quantifying ,
perpendicular to the neutron polarization and electron momentum, was found to
be 0.0040.005. This value is consistent with time reversal
invariance, and significantly improves both earlier result and limits on the
relative strength of imaginary scalar couplings in the weak interaction. The
value obtained for the correlation coefficient associated with
, 0.0670.004, agrees with the Standard Model
expectation, providing an important sensitivity test of the experimental setup.
The present result sets constraints on the imaginary part of scalar and tensor
couplings in weak interaction. Implications for parameters of the leptoquark
exchange model and minimal supersymmetric model (MSSM) with R-parity violation
are discussed
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