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Determining the nuclear neutron distribution from Coherent Elastic neutrino-Nucleus Scattering: current results and future prospects

Javier Fernandez MenendezPilar ColomaPilar ColomaM. C. Gonzalez-garciaM. C. Gonzalez-garciaM. C. Gonzalez-garciaIvan Esteban

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Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsField theory (Physics)Nuclear TheoryPhysics::Instrumentation and DetectorsFOS: Physical sciencesContext (language use)01 natural sciences7. Clean energyHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentNuclear physicsRoot mean squareNuclear Theory (nucl-th)High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)0103 physical sciencesNeutronSpallationNeutrino Physicslcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. RadioactivityNeutrinsNuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)Neutrinos010306 general physicsNuclear ExperimentNuclear ExperimentPhysics010308 nuclear & particles physicsScatteringDetectorTeoria de camps (Física)Effective Field TheoriesHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenologylcsh:QC770-798NeutrinoSpallation Neutron Source

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Coherent Elastic neutrino-Nucleus Scattering (CEνNS), a process recently measured for the first time at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source, is directly sensitive to the weak form factor of the nucleus. The European Spallation Source (ESS), presently under construction, will generate the most intense pulsed neutrino flux suitable for the detection of CEνNS. In this paper we quantify its potential to determine the root mean square radius of the point-neutron distribution, for a variety of target nuclei and a suite of detectors. To put our results in context we also derive, for the first time, a constraint on this parameter from the analysis of the energy and timing data of the CsI detector at the COHERENT experiment.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-08-06
10.1007/jhep08(2020)030http://hdl.handle.net/10261/221821