Inclusive quasielastic neutrino-nucleus scattering with energy density functional nuclear models

Abstract

In this study, we calculated the inclusive charged-current neutrino-nucleus scattering from 40Ar in the quasielastic region. To explore the effect of uncertainties stemming from the nuclear structure, we used the KIDS (Korea-IBS-Daegu-SKKU) nuclear energy density functional and Skyrme force models, namely SLy4, SkI3, and MSk7. These models were selected to have distinct behavior in terms of the density dependence of the symmetry energy and the effective mass of the nucleon. In the charged-current neutrino scattering, the single- and double-differential cross sections were calculated for various kinematics. Total cross sections are reported as a function of the incident neutrino energy. The theoretical cross sections were compared with experimental data, and the roles of the effective mass and symmetry energy were investigated in terms of charged-current neutrino-nucleus scattering.