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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering on 40Ar from first principles

W. G. JiangW. G. JiangThomas PapenbrockThomas PapenbrockC. G. PayneGaute HagenGaute HagenSonia Bacca

subject

Quantum chromodynamicsPhysicsNuclear TheoryField (physics)010308 nuclear & particles physicsScatteringNuclear TheoryForm factor (quantum field theory)FOS: Physical sciencesObservable01 natural sciencesHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentNuclear physicsNuclear Theory (nucl-th)High Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesNeutronNeutrinoNuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)010306 general physicsNuclear ExperimentNuclear ExperimentElectron scattering

description

Coherent elastic neutrino scattering on the 40Ar nucleus is computed with coupled-cluster theory based on nuclear Hamiltonians inspired by effective field theories of quantum chromodynamics. Our approach is validated by calculating the charge form factor and comparing it to data from electron scattering. We make predictions for the weak form factor, the neutron radius, and the neutron skin, and estimate systematic uncertainties. The neutron-skin thickness of 40Ar40 is consistent with results from density functional theory. Precision measurements from coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering could potentially be used to extract these observables and help to constrain nuclear models.

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2019-08-26
https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1908.09739