Neutrino-deuteron scattering in effective field theory at next-to-next-to-leading order - art. no. 035501

We study the four channels associated with neutrino-deuteron breakup reacti ons at next-to-next-to-leading order in effective field theory. We find tha t the total cross section is indeed converging for neutrino energies up to 20 MeV, and thus our calculations can provide constraints on theoretical un certainties for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. We stress the importance of a direct experimental measurement to high precision in at least one chan nel, in order to fix an axial two-body counrerterm.