Theoretical study of supernova neutrino and antineutrino scattering off the stable cadmium and lead isotopes
Abstract
In this thesis work, an extensive study of neutrino- and antineutrino-nucleus
interactions is performed. The work is focused on supernova-neutrino scattering off the stable cadmium and lead isotopes. The studied nuclei are of
interest for the investigations of neutrino-properties and for neutrino-detection
experiments.
The adopted nuclear-structure models are based on the quasiparticle
random-phase approximation (QRPA) and the microscopic quasiparticle-
phonon model (MQPM) and the cross-sections calculations are based on the
Donnelly-Walecka formalism. The computed cross sections are folded with a
two-parameter Fermi-Dirac distribution to obtain realistic estimates of the
nuclear responses to supernova neutrinos.
This thesis consists of two parts, an overview part and publications part.
The overview part summarized the main aspect of the performed studies of
the five publications presented in the second part.
Main Author
Format
Theses
Doctoral thesis
Published
2017
Series
Subjects
ISBN
978-951-39-7019-2
Publisher
University of Jyväskylä
The permanent address of the publication
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ISSN
0075-465X
Language
English
Published in
Research report / Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä
Contains publications
- Artikkeli I: Almosly, W., Ydrefors, E., & Suhonen, J. (2013). Neutral- and charged-current supernova-neutrino scattering off 116^Cd. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 40, Article 95201. DOI: 0.1088/0954-3899/40/9/095201
- Artikkeli II: Almosly, W., Carlsson, B. G., Dobaczewski, J., Suhonen, J., Toivanen, J., Vesely, P., & Ydrefors, E. (2014). Charged-current neutrino and antineutrino scattering off 116Cd described by Skyrme forces. Physical Review C, 89(2), Article 024308. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.89.024308. JYX: jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/48743
- Artikkeli III: Almosly, W., Ydrefors, E., & Suhonen, J. (2015). Neutrino scattering off the stable cadmium isotopes: neutral-current processes. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 42(2), Article 025106. DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/42/2/025106
- Artikkeli IV: Almosly, W., Ydrefors, E., & Suhonen, J. (2015). Neutrino scattering off the stable cadmium isotopes: II. Charged-current processes. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 42(9), Article 025106. DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/42/9/095106
- Artikkeli V: Almosly, W., Carlsson, B. G., Suhonen, J., Toivanen, J., & Ydrefors, E. (2016). Theoretical estimates of supernova-neutrino cross sections for the stable even-even lead isotopes: Charged-current reactions. Physical Review C, 94(4), Article 044614. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.94.044614
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