Publication

Session C: APS and AAPT Poster Session - PREX: Cleanly Measuring the Neutron Radius of Lead through Parity Violation

Citations
Altmetric:
Abstract
PREX: Cleanly Measuring the Neutron Radius of Lead through Parity Violation JONATHAN WEXLER, University of Massachusetts Amherst---The neutron radius of neutron rich nuclei contains information pertaining to a broad set of physics applications, such as the equation of state of neutron stars and their cooling by neutrinos, and are a strong constraint on nuclear symmetry energy. However, measurements of these neutron radii are challenging, typically requiring either hadron-nuclei scattering, which introduce theoretical interpretation ambiguities, or parity violating measurements, which require high precision. The PREX experiment, which completed running at Jefferson Lab last year, measured the parity violating helicity-dependent cross section asymmetry of lead through polarized electron scattering and is the first to do so using such a technique. Completed data analysis is statistics limited and has an uncertainty of 3% on the radius. An overview of the experiment itself, the results and their impact, and future approved measurements will be presented.
Type
event
event
Date
2011-11-18
Publisher
Degree
Advisors
License
License
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Embargo Lift Date
DOI
Publisher Version
Embedded videos
Related Item(s)