Nuclear Reactions Induced by Neutrinos of Intermediate Energy

Abstract

Nuclear reactions with electron emission leading to all final nuclear states, induced by neutrinos of definite energy (e.g., from a source of stopped ${\mu }^{-}$), are discussed on the basis of a Fermi gas model of the nucleus. It is shown that the cross section is not reduced very much below the sum of the single free nuclear cross sections, and that the emitted electron may be identified by kinematics. This offers the possibility for demonstrating the identity of "electron" and "muon" neutrinos.