Published June 2013
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Journal article
Prospects for using coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering to measure the nuclear neutron form factor
- 1. Physics Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 (United States)
Description
We review the prospects of using coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CENNS) to measure the nuclear neutron form factor. The merits and limitations of several potential neutrino sources are discussed. The effects of detector shape uncertainty and detector size on a measurement of the neutron RMS radius are also considered. We find that the detector spectral shape uncertainty is the important limiting factor on a measurement of the neutron RMS radius. In order to measure the neutron RMS radius to 5%, the spectral shape uncertainty of the detector needs to be known to 1% or better. (author)
Availability note (English)
Available from DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218301313300130Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Modern Physics E
- Journal Volume
- 22
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- [14 p.]
- ISSN
- 0218-3013
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Singapore
- Country of Input or Organization
- Singapore
- INIS RN
- 45088902
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COHERENT SCATTERING; ELASTIC SCATTERING; NEUTRINO DETECTION; NEUTRINO-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; NEUTRINOS; NUCLEAR RADII; PIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTON-BARYON INTERACTIONS; LEPTON-HADRON INTERACTIONS; LEPTON-NUCLEON INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MESONS; NUCLEAR PROPERTIES; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PSEUDOSCALAR MESONS; RADIATION DETECTION; SCATTERING