Final state interactions in the electroweak nuclear response

Abstract

I review the description of the electroweak nuclear response at large momentum transfer within nonrelativistic many-body theory. Special consideration is given to the effects of final state interactions, which are known to be large in both inclusive and semi-inclusive processes. The results of theoretical calculations of electron-nucleus scattering observables are compared to the data, and the generalization to charged current neutrino-nucleus interactions is discussed.

Comments: Invited talk at NUINT05. To be published in Nucl. Phys. B Proceedings Supplement