Neutrino beams as a probe of the nuclear isospin and spin–isospin excitations

Abstract

We explore the possibility of performing nuclear structure studies using low-energy neutrino beams. In particular, low-energy beta-beams and conventional sources (muon decay-at-rest) are considered. We present results on the total charged-current as well as flux-averaged cross sections associated to electron (anti-)neutrino scattering on oxygen, iron, molybdenum and lead, as typical examples. It is shown that by using neutrinos from low-energy beta-beams, information on forbidden states, in particular the spin-dipole, could be extracted.