Inclusive neutrino reactions in nuclei

The charged current inclusive neutrino reaction cross section on a {sup 12}C target is obtained for electron neutrino energies from threshold to 100 MeV. An averaged cross section over the Michel spectrum is also obtained. The method here makes use of a tensor which describes the hadronic part of the interaction and which is obtained from total muon capture data and from electron scattering data in and around the giant dipole resonance. Applications to other nuclei are discussed.