Nucleon axial-vector form factor and radius from radiatively corrected antineutrino scattering data
Abstract
The nucleon axial-vector form factor, G A , is critical to determine the electroweak interactions of leptons with nucleons. Important examples of processes influenced by G A are elastic (anti)neutrino-nucleon scattering and muon capture by the proton. Sparse experimental data results in a large uncertainty on the momentum dependence of G A and has motivated the consideration of new experimental probes and first-principles lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD) evaluations. The comparison of new and precise theoretical predictions for G A with future experimental data necessitates the application of radiative corrections to experimentally observable processes. We apply these corrections in the extraction of G A and the associated axial-vector radius from the recent MINERvA antineutrino-hydrogen data, compare the effects from radiative corrections to other uncertainties in neutrino scattering experiments, and discuss the comparison of lattice QCD evaluations to experimental measurements.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Neutrino Physics Research
Nuclear physics research studies
Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Volume
- 113
- Issue
- 7
- Publication date
- 16 March 2026
- Language
- EN