Meson-exchange currents and quasielastic neutrino cross sections in the superscaling approximation model

• Published in: Physics letters. B Vol. 696; no. 1-2; pp. 151 - 155
• Main Authors: Amaro, J.E., Barbaro, M.B., Caballero, J.A., Donnelly, T.W., Williamson, C.F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 24-01-2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Approximation; Cross sections (physics); Electron scattering; Elementary particles; Estimates; Exact sciences and technology; Mathematical analysis; Meson exchange currents; Neutrino scattering; Neutrinos; Nuclear physics; Physics; Quasielastic cross section; Relativistic models; Superscaling; The physics of elementary particles and fields; Two-nucleon emission; Vectors (mathematics); Quasielastic cross section; Two-nucleon emission; Neutrino scattering; Relativistic models; Meson exchange currents; Superscaling; Particle exchange; Phenomenological model; Electron scattering; Neutrinos; Differential cross sections; Vector mesons; Elementary particles; Massless particles; Cross sections
• ISSN: 0370-2693; 1873-2445
• DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.12.007

We evaluate the quasielastic double differential neutrino cross sections obtained in a phenomenological model based on the superscaling behavior of electron scattering data. We compare our results with the recent experimental data for neutrinos of MiniBooNE and estimate the contribution of the vector meson-exchange currents in the 2p–2h sector.