LUNAR is a new open Monte Carlo generator for bound nucleon decays in argon-40 that models Fermi motion, off-shell binding, and intranuclear cascades to predict meson spectra for DUNE nucleon-decay searches.
Spectrum of outgoing nucleons in quasielastic neutrino-nucleus interactions
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We have analyzed the consequences of introducing the local density approximation combined with an effective nuclear momentum-dependent potential into the CC quasi-elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering. We note that the distribution of the recoil nucleons momenta becomes smooth for low momentum values and the sharp threshold is removed. Our results may be relevant for Sci-Fi detector analysis of K2K experiments. The total amount of observed recoil protons is reduced because some of them remain bound inside the nucleus. We compare theoretical predictions for a probability of such events with the results given by NUX+FLUKA MC simulations.
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Neutrino interaction model uncertainties from nuclear physics details remain a dominant systematic in oscillation analyses and will require improved modeling plus near-detector constraints to reach the precision goals of next-generation experiments.
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LUNAR: a Monte Carlo generator for bound-nucleon decay in liquid argon
LUNAR is a new open Monte Carlo generator for bound nucleon decays in argon-40 that models Fermi motion, off-shell binding, and intranuclear cascades to predict meson spectra for DUNE nucleon-decay searches.
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CP-violation or Nuclear Excitation: Reviewing the Role of Neutrino Interaction Model Uncertainties on Accelerator-Based Neutrino Oscillation Measurements
Neutrino interaction model uncertainties from nuclear physics details remain a dominant systematic in oscillation analyses and will require improved modeling plus near-detector constraints to reach the precision goals of next-generation experiments.