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Neutrino-deuteron reactions at solar neutrino energies in pionless effective field theory with dibaryon fields

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We study breakup of the deuteron induced by neutrinos in the neutral $\nu d\to \nu np$, $\bar{\nu} d\to \bar{\nu} np$ and the charged $\bar{\nu} d\to e^+ n n$, $\nu d\to… Click to show full abstract

We study breakup of the deuteron induced by neutrinos in the neutral $\nu d\to \nu np$, $\bar{\nu} d\to \bar{\nu} np$ and the charged $\bar{\nu} d\to e^+ n n$, $\nu d\to e^- pp$ processes. Pionless effective field theory with dibaryon fields is used to calculate the total cross sections for neutrino energies $E_\nu$ from threshold to 20 MeV. Amplitudes are expanded up to next-to-leading order, and the partial wave is truncated at $P$-waves. The Coulomb interaction between two protons is included nonperturbatively in the reaction amplitudes, and an analytic expression of the amplitudes is obtained. The contribution of the next-to-leading order to the total cross section is in the range of 5.2$-$9.9\% in magnitude, and that of the $P$-wave is 2.4$-$2.8\% at $E_\nu = 20$ MeV. Uncertainty arising from an axial isovector low-energy constant is estimated to be on the order of 1\%.

Keywords: neutrino energies; pionless effective; effective field; theory dibaryon; dibaryon fields; field theory

Journal Title: Physical Review C
Year Published: 2020

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