An event generator for neutrino-induced deep inelastic scattering and applications to neutrino astronomy

Abstract We extend the recently presented, fully exclusive, next-to-leading-order accurate event generator for the simulation of massless neutral- and charged-current deep inelastic scattering (DIS) to the case of incoming neutrinos. The generator can be used to study neutrino-nucleon interactions a...

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Main Authors: Silvia Ferrario Ravasio, Rhorry Gauld, Barbara Jäger, Alexander Karlberg, Giulia Zanderighi
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-08-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14539-6
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author Silvia Ferrario Ravasio
Rhorry Gauld
Barbara Jäger
Alexander Karlberg
Giulia Zanderighi
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description Abstract We extend the recently presented, fully exclusive, next-to-leading-order accurate event generator for the simulation of massless neutral- and charged-current deep inelastic scattering (DIS) to the case of incoming neutrinos. The generator can be used to study neutrino-nucleon interactions at (ultra) high energies, and is relevant for a range of fixed-target collider experiments and large-volume neutrino detectors, investigating atmospheric and astrophysical neutrinos. The matching with multi-purpose event generators such as PYTHIA 8 is performed with the POWHEG method, and accounts for parton showering and non-perturbative effects such as hadronization. This makes it possible to investigate higher-order perturbative corrections to realistic observables, such as the distribution of charged particles. To illustrate the capabilities of the code we provide predictions for several differential distributions in fixed-target collisions for neutrino energies up to $$1~\textrm{PeV} $$ 1 PeV .
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spelling doaj-art-4c7b492b716f41fda5c463371bb716e52025-08-24T11:47:24ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields1434-60522025-08-0185811810.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14539-6An event generator for neutrino-induced deep inelastic scattering and applications to neutrino astronomySilvia Ferrario Ravasio0Rhorry Gauld1Barbara Jäger2Alexander Karlberg3Giulia Zanderighi4Theoretical Physics Department, CERNMax-Planck-Institut für PhysikInstitute for Theoretical Physics, University of TübingenTheoretical Physics Department, CERNMax-Planck-Institut für PhysikAbstract We extend the recently presented, fully exclusive, next-to-leading-order accurate event generator for the simulation of massless neutral- and charged-current deep inelastic scattering (DIS) to the case of incoming neutrinos. The generator can be used to study neutrino-nucleon interactions at (ultra) high energies, and is relevant for a range of fixed-target collider experiments and large-volume neutrino detectors, investigating atmospheric and astrophysical neutrinos. The matching with multi-purpose event generators such as PYTHIA 8 is performed with the POWHEG method, and accounts for parton showering and non-perturbative effects such as hadronization. This makes it possible to investigate higher-order perturbative corrections to realistic observables, such as the distribution of charged particles. To illustrate the capabilities of the code we provide predictions for several differential distributions in fixed-target collisions for neutrino energies up to $$1~\textrm{PeV} $$ 1 PeV .https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14539-6
spellingShingle Silvia Ferrario Ravasio
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Barbara Jäger
Alexander Karlberg
Giulia Zanderighi
An event generator for neutrino-induced deep inelastic scattering and applications to neutrino astronomy
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
title An event generator for neutrino-induced deep inelastic scattering and applications to neutrino astronomy
title_full An event generator for neutrino-induced deep inelastic scattering and applications to neutrino astronomy
title_fullStr An event generator for neutrino-induced deep inelastic scattering and applications to neutrino astronomy
title_full_unstemmed An event generator for neutrino-induced deep inelastic scattering and applications to neutrino astronomy
title_short An event generator for neutrino-induced deep inelastic scattering and applications to neutrino astronomy
title_sort event generator for neutrino induced deep inelastic scattering and applications to neutrino astronomy
url https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-14539-6
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