Published June 2013 | Version v1
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)

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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)

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Available from DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0218301313300130

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Journal Title
International Journal of Modern Physics E
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
[14 p.]
ISSN
0218-3013