Study of the Neutrino–Oxygen Cross Sections of the Charged-Current Reaction 16O(ν̄e, e+)16N(0 MeV, 2–) and the Neutral-Current Reaction 16O(ν, ν′)16O(12.97/12.53 MeV, 2–), Producing High-Energy γ Rays

Abstract

Abstract In our previous work, we discussed the cross section and the detection of 4.4 MeV $\gamma$ rays produced in the neutrino neutral-current (NC) reaction $^{16}$O$(\nu , \nu ^{\prime })^{16}$O(12.97 and 12.53 MeV, $2^-$) in a water Cherenkov detector at low energy below 100 MeV. In this report, we further investigate both the charged-current reaction $^{16}$O$(\bar{\nu }_e, e^+)^{16}$N(0 MeV, $2^-$) and the NC reaction$^{16}$O$(\nu , \nu ^{\prime })^{16}$O(12.97 and 12.53 MeV, $2^-$), producing high-energy $\gamma$ rays, in which a more solid identification of the reactions can be applied via the coincidence method.