Published April 1, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Neutral current neutrino-nucleus interactions at high energies

  • 1. High Energy Physics Phenomenology Group, GFPAE, IF-UFRGS, Caixa Postal 15051, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
  • 2. Centro de Ciencias Exatas e Tecnologicas, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Campus de Bage, Rua Carlos Barbosa, CEP 96400-970, Bage, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

Description

We present a QCD analysis of the neutral current (NC) neutrino-nucleus interaction at the small-x region using the color dipole formalism. This phenomenological approach is quite successful in describing experimental results in deep inelastic ep scattering and charged current neutrino-nucleus interactions at high energies. We present theoretical predictions for the relevant structure functions and the corresponding implications for the total NC neutrino cross section. It is shown that at small x, the NC boson-nucleon cross section should exhibit the geometric scaling property that has important consequences for ultrahigh energy neutrino phenomenology.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
79
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 073008-073008.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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