From eV to EeV: Neutrino cross sections across energy scales
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Formaggio-2012-From eV to EeV.pdf
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Author(s)
Zeller, G. P.
Formaggio, Joseph A
Date Issued
September 2012
Journal
Reviews of Modern Physics
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Formaggio, J., and G. Zeller. “From eV to EeV: Neutrino Cross Sections Across Energy Scales.” Reviews of Modern Physics 84.3 (2012): 1307–1341. © 2012 American Physical Society
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Abstract
Since its original postulation by Wolfgang Pauli in 1930, the neutrino has played a prominent role in our understanding of nuclear and particle physics. In the intervening 80 years, scientists have detected and measured neutrinos from a variety of sources, both man made and natural. Underlying all of these observations, and any inferences we may have made from them, is an understanding of how neutrinos interact with matter. Knowledge of neutrino interaction cross sections is an important and necessary ingredient in any neutrino measurement. With the advent of new precision experiments, the demands on our understanding of neutrino interactions is becoming even greater. The purpose of this article is to survey our current knowledge of neutrino cross sections across all known energy scales: from the very lowest energies to the highest that we hope to observe. The article covers a wide range of neutrino interactions including coherent scattering, neutrino capture, inverse beta decay, low-energy nuclear interactions, quasielastic scattering, resonant pion production, kaon production, deep inelastic scattering, and ultrahigh energy interactions. Strong emphasis is placed on experimental data whenever such measurements are available.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Nuclear Science
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https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.84.1307
