Nuclear matrix elements for exclusive neutrino-nucleus reactions

Abstract

The formalism describing (anti)neutrino-nucleus reaction cross-sections in neutral- and charged-current processes is improved. Compact formulae for the single-particle transition matrix elements, based on the multipole expansion treatment of the relevant hadronic currents and the use of harmonic oscillator basis, are presented. As an application, the nucleus $^{127}I$, a promising target for detection of solar- and supernova-neutrinos as well as of cold dark matter candidates, is considered. Our matrix elements refer to exclusive processes of the charge-changing $^{127}I(\nu_l,l^-)^{127}Xe^{\star}$ reaction and especially to the transition ${5/2}^+ \to {3/2}^+$ leading from the ground state of $^{127}$I to the lowest excitation of $^{127}$Xe nucleus.