Abstract
We present a detailed study of a continuum random-phase approximation approach to quasielastic electron-nucleus and neutrino-nucleus scattering. We compare the cross-section predictions with electron scattering data for the nuclear targets , , and , in the kinematic region where quasielastic scattering is expected to dominate. We examine the longitudinal and transverse contributions to and compare them with the available data. We find an overall satisfactory description of the data. Further, we study the cross sections relevant for accelerator-based neutrino-oscillation experiments. We pay special attention to low-energy excitations which can account for non-negligible contributions in measurements, and require a beyond-Fermi-gas formalism.
7 More- Received 15 December 2014
- Revised 16 July 2015
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.92.024606
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