http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.07851
We first discuss and determine the isospin mixing of the two $2^-$ states (12.53 MeV and 12.97 MeV) of $^{16}$O nucleus using the inelastic electron scattering data. We then evaluate the cross section of 4.4-MeV $\gamma$ rays produced in the neutrino neutral-current (NC) reaction $^{16}$O($\nu, \nu^{\prime}$)$^{16}$O$(12.97~{\rm MeV}, 2^-$) in a water Cherenkov detector at the low energy below 100 MeV. The detection of $\gamma$ rays for $E_{\gamma}>5$~MeV from the NC reaction $^{16}$O($\nu, \nu^{\prime}$)$^{16}$O$(E_x>16\ {\rm MeV}, T=1$) with a water Cherenkov detector in the supernova neutrino bursts has been proposed and discussed by several authors previously. In this article, we discuss a new NC reaction channel from $^{16}$O(12.97 ${\rm MeV}, 2^-$) producing a 4.4-MeV $\gamma$ ray, the cross section of which is more robust and even larger at the low energy ($E_{\nu}<25$ MeV) than the NC cross section from $^{16}$O$(E_x>16\ {\rm MeV}, T=1$). We also evaluate the number of such events induced by neutrinos from supernova explosion which can be observed by the Super-Kamiokande, a 32 kton water Cherenkov detector in the Earth.
M. Sakuda, T. Suzuki, M. Reen, et. al.
Wed, 16 Nov 22
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Comments: 23 Pages, 9 figures, Submitted for publication in PTEP journal on 13 November, 2022