Single photon production $ u_l Nrightarrow u_l N gamma$ in neutrino-nucleon scattering


Abstract in English

The quasielastic charged current (CCQE) $ u_e n rightarrow e^- p$ scattering is the dominant mechanism to detect appearance of a $ u_e$ in an almost $ u_mu$ flux at the 1 GeV scale. Actual experiments show a precision below 1% and between less known background contributions, but necessary to constraint the event excess, we have the radiative corrections. A consistent model recently developed for the simultaneous description of elastic and radiative $pi N$ scattering, pion-photoproduction and single pion production processes, both for charged and neutral current neutrino-nucleon scattering, is extended for the evaluation of the radiative $ u_l Nrightarrow u_l N gamma$ cross section. Our results are similar to a previous (but inconsistent) theoretical evaluation in the low energy region, and show an increment in the upper region where the $Delta$ resonance becomes relevant.

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