TY  - JOUR
AU  - Alvarez-Ruso, L.
AU  - Saul-Sala, E.
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021//
TI  - Neutrino interactions with matter and the MiniBooNE anomaly
T2  - Eur. Phys. J.-Spec. Top.
JO  - European Physical Journal-Special Topics
SP  - 4373
EP  - 4389
VL  - 230
PB  - Springer Heidelberg
AB  - The excess of electron-like events measured by MiniBooNE challenges our understanding of neutrinos and their interactions. We review the status of this open problem and ongoing efforts to resolve it. After introducing the experiment and its results, we consider the main experimental backgrounds and the related physics of neutrino interactions with matter, such as quasielastic-like scattering and weak pion production on nucleons and nuclei. Special attention is paid to single photon emission in neutral current interactions and, in particular, its coherent channel. The difficulties to reconcile the MiniBooNE anomaly with global oscillation analysis is then highlighted. We finally outline some of the proposed solutions of the puzzle involving unconventional neutrino-interaction mechanisms.
SN  - 1951-6355
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.02504
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00293-9
DO  - 10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00293-9
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000709649400001
ID  - Alvarez-Ruso+Saul-Sala2021
ER  -