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Precision Determination of the Neutral Weak Form Factor of 48Ca
Physical Review Letters (2022)
  • D. Adhikari
  • Todd Averett, William & Mary
  • CREX Collaboration, CREX Collaboration
Abstract
We report a precise measurement of the parity-violating (PV) asymmetry APV in the elastic scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons from 48Ca. We measure APV= 2668 ± 106(stat) ± 40(syst) parts per billion, leading to an extraction of the neutral weak form factor FW(q=0.8733fm − 1) = 0.1304 ± 0.0052(stat)±0.0020(syst) and the charge minus the weak form factor Fch−FW=0.0277±0.0055. The resulting neutron skin thickness Rn−Rp=0.121±0.026(exp)±0.024(model)fm is relatively thin yet consistent with many model calculations. The combined CREX and PREX results will have implications for future energy density functional calculations and on the density dependence of the symmetry energy of nuclear matter.
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Publication Date
July, 2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.042501
Citation Information
D. Adhikari, Todd Averett and CREX Collaboration. "Precision Determination of the Neutral Weak Form Factor of 48Ca" Physical Review Letters Vol. 129 (2022)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/todd-averett/7/