Neutrino-induced reactions on $^{ 40}$Ar are investigated by shell model for Gamow-Teller transitions and random-phase-approximation (RPA) for forbidden transitions. For the 1$^{ +}$ multipole, an effective interaction in $sd$-$pf$ shell obtained by the extended Kuo-Krenciglowa (EKK) method from chiral interactions is used to study $B(GT)$, charged-current reaction $^{ 40}$Ar ($\nu_e$, $e^{ -}$) $^{ 40}$K, $B(M1)$ in $^{ 40}$Ar and neutral-current reaction $^{ 40}$Ar ($\nu$, $\nu$') $^{ 40}$Ar. A considerable quenching for spin modes is found in the analysis of $B(M1)$, and this quenching is taken into account for the evaluation of the cross sections of the neutral-current reaction. The sensitive dependence of the reaction cross sections on the quenching of the axial-vector coupling constant, $g_A$, is pointed out.
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