The SuSA Model for Neutrino Oscillation Experiments: From Quasielastic Scattering to the Resonance Region
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Charged Current Neutrino-Nucleus Interactions
2.1. One-Body Hadronic Tensor
2.2. Two-Body Hadronic Tensor
3. The SuSA Model
4. Results
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Barbaro, M.B.; De Pace, A.; Fiume, L. The SuSA Model for Neutrino Oscillation Experiments: From Quasielastic Scattering to the Resonance Region. Universe 2021, 7, 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe7050140
Barbaro MB, De Pace A, Fiume L. The SuSA Model for Neutrino Oscillation Experiments: From Quasielastic Scattering to the Resonance Region. Universe. 2021; 7(5):140. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe7050140
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarbaro, Maria B., Arturo De Pace, and Luisa Fiume. 2021. "The SuSA Model for Neutrino Oscillation Experiments: From Quasielastic Scattering to the Resonance Region" Universe 7, no. 5: 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe7050140