Neutrino interactions with nuclei

We examine tests of the Glashow-Weinberg-Salam (GWS) Standard Theory of Electroweak Interactions. The tests are model-independent in the sense that they are relations between experimental quantities that are direct consequences of the GWS theory, but they are independent of the detailed structure of the nucleus. Such relationships were anticipated by Weinberg. Neutrino reactions with nuclei are considered, focusing largely on charged-lepton production, and it is demonstrated that intermediate-energy neutrino reactions have a central and unique role to play in our understanding of semileptonic weak interactions. This point is illustrated by discussing a complete kinematic experiment on the nucleon. A discussion of what neutrino reactions could teach us about nuclear structure is also given