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Description
The widely-used (anti)neutrino event generator GENIE accounts for only tree level Charged-Current
(CC) (anti)neutrino interactions. In this poster we begin by summarizing previous research into second order QED radiative corrections. After summarizing the theoretical corrections to cross-section distributions in $Q^2$ and $E_\nu$ we analyze the effects of Radiative corrections implemented as a systematic within NOvA's neutrino oscillation analysis framework. We present corrected predictions of (anti)neutrino event spectra at NOvA's far detector, showing an increase in CC cross sections with an increase in reconstructed $E_\nu$ along with a small decrease in low reconstructed $E_\nu$ bins, consistent with the theoretical work. Lastly, we explore the effect of radiative corrections on NOvA's measurements of $\Delta m^2_{23}$ and $\delta_{CP}$ through fake data sensitivity studies.