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Uncertainties on the $(-)nu_e/(-)nu_mu$ and $nu_e/nu_e$ cross-section ratio from the modeling of nuclear effects at 0.2 to 1.2 GeV neutrino energies and their impact on neutrino oscillation experiments

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  • T. Dieminger
  • S. Dolan
  • D. Sgalaberna
  • A. Nikolakopoulos
  • T. Dealtry
  • S. Bolognesi
  • L. Pickering
  • A. Rubbia
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Article numberL031301
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>14/08/2023
<mark>Journal</mark>Physical Review D
Volume108
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The potential for mismodeling of νμ/νe, ¯νμ/¯νe, and νe/¯νe cross-section ratios due to nuclear effects is quantified by considering model spread within the full kinematic phase space for charged-current quasielastic interactions. Its impact is then propagated to simulated experimental configurations based on the Hyper-K and ESSνSB experiments. Although significant discrepancies between theoretical models is confirmed, it is found that these largely lie in regions of phase space that contribute only a very small portion of the flux-integrated cross sections. Overall, a systematic uncertainty on the oscillated flux-averaged νe/¯νe cross-section ratio is found to be ∼2 and ∼4% for Hyper-K and ESSνSB, respectively.