Superscaling analyses, lepton scattering and nucleon momentum distributions in nuclei

It is shown that superscaling is due to the high-momentum tail of the nucleon momentum distribution n(k) which is similar for all nuclei and is caused by the short-range and tensor nucleon-nucleon correlations. It is pointed out also that superscaling gives information about the general power-law asymptotics of n(k) and the nucleon-nucleon forces in the nuclear medium. The Coherent Density Fluctuation Model (CDFM) is used to calculate the total, longitudinal and transverse scaling functions on the basis of the hadronic tensor and the corresponding response functions in the RFG model. The results show a good agreement with the data and superscaling of the scaling function f(ψ′) for negative ψ′ including the region ψ′ < −1, where the RFGmodel fails. The CDFM scaling functions are used to calculate the cross sections of the quasielastic (QE) electron scattering on nuclei in the mass region 12 < A < 208, as well as charge-changing and neutral current neutrino (antineutrino) scattering on 12C in the QE and the -resonance regions at energies from 1 to 2 GeV.