Effects of the density-dependent weak form factors on the neutrino reaction via neutral current for the nucleon in nuclear matter and ¹²C Physical Review C, 2013; 87(6) 3. The right to use all or part of the Article, including the APS-prepared version without revision or modification, on the author(s)' web home page or employer's website and to make copies of all or part of the Article, including the APS-prepared version without revision or modification, for the author(s)' and/or the employer's use for educational or research purposes.":
February 2014PHYSICAL REVIEW C 87, 065502 (2013) Effects of the density-dependent weak form factors on the neutrino reaction via neutral current for the nucleon in nuclear matter and 12 C The nucleon form factors in free space are usually thought to be modified when a nucleon is bound in a nucleus or immersed in a nuclear medium. We investigate effects of the density-dependent axial and weak-vector form factors on the electroneutrino (ν e ) and anti-electroneutrino (ν e ) reactions with incident energy E ν 80 MeV via neutral current (NC) for a nucleon in a nuclear medium or 12 C. For the density-dependent form factors, we exploit the quark-meson-coupling (QMC) model, and apply them to the ν e andν e induced reactions by NC. About 12% decrease of the total cross section by the ν e reaction on the nucleon is obtained at normal density, ρ = ρ 0 ∼ 0.15 fm −3 , as well as about 18% reduction of the total ν e cross section on 12 C, by the modification of the weak form factors of the bound nucleon. However, similarly to the charged current reaction, effects of the nucleon property change in theν e reaction reduce significantly the cross sections about 30% for the nucleon in matter and 12 C cases. Such a large asymmetry in theν e cross sections is addressed to originate from the different helicities ofν e and ν e .