Weak charge form factor and radius of 208Pb through parity violation in electron scattering
Abstract
We use distorted wave electron scattering calculations to extract the weak charge form factor FW($$\bar{q}$$), the weak charge radius RW, and the point neutron radius Rn, of 208Pb from the PREX parity violating asymmetry measurement. The form factor is the Fourier transform of the weak charge density at the average momentum transfer $$\bar{q}$$ = 0.475 fm-1. We find FW($$\bar{q}$$) = 0.204 ± 0.028(exp) ± 0.001(model). We use the Helm model to infer the weak radius from FW($$\bar{q}$$). We find RW = 5.826 ± 0.181(exp) ± 0.027(model) fm. Here the exp error includes PREX statistical and systematic errors, while the model error describes the uncertainty in RW from uncertainties in the surface thickness σ of the weak charge density. The weak radius is larger than the charge radius, implying a 'weak charge skin' where the surface region is relatively enriched in weak charges compared to (electromagnetic) charges. We extract the point neutron radius Rn = 5.751 ± 0.175 (exp) ± 0.026(model) ± 0.005(strange) fm, from RW. Here there is only a very small error (strange) from possible strange quark contributions. We find Rn to be slightly smaller than RW because of the nucleon's size. As a result, we find a neutron skin thickness of Rn-Rp = 0.302 ± 0.175 (exp) ± 0.026 (model) ± 0.005 (strange) fm, where Rp is the point proton radius.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
- Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY (United States)
- Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
- Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA (United States)
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- INFN, Rome (Italy)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1038244
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1098581
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-PHY-12-1409; DOE/OR/23177-1998; arXiv:1202.1468
Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813; PRVCAN; TRN: US1201831
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-06OR23177
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 85; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2813
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; ASYMMETRY; CHARGE DENSITY; ELECTRONS; FORM FACTORS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NEUTRONS; PARITY; PROTONS; QUARKS; SCATTERING; THICKNESS; LEAD 208
Citation Formats
Horowitz, C. J., Ahmed, Z., Jen, C. -M., Rakhman, A., Souder, P. A., Dalton, M. M., Liyanage, N., Paschke, K. D., Saenboonruang, K., Silwal, R., Franklin, G. B., Friend, M., Quinn, B., Kumar, K. S., McNulty, D., Mercado, L., Riordan, S., Wexler, J., Michaels, R. W., and Urciuoli, G. M. Weak charge form factor and radius of 208Pb through parity violation in electron scattering. United States: N. p., 2012.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.85.032501.
Horowitz, C. J., Ahmed, Z., Jen, C. -M., Rakhman, A., Souder, P. A., Dalton, M. M., Liyanage, N., Paschke, K. D., Saenboonruang, K., Silwal, R., Franklin, G. B., Friend, M., Quinn, B., Kumar, K. S., McNulty, D., Mercado, L., Riordan, S., Wexler, J., Michaels, R. W., & Urciuoli, G. M. Weak charge form factor and radius of 208Pb through parity violation in electron scattering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.032501
Horowitz, C. J., Ahmed, Z., Jen, C. -M., Rakhman, A., Souder, P. A., Dalton, M. M., Liyanage, N., Paschke, K. D., Saenboonruang, K., Silwal, R., Franklin, G. B., Friend, M., Quinn, B., Kumar, K. S., McNulty, D., Mercado, L., Riordan, S., Wexler, J., Michaels, R. W., and Urciuoli, G. M. Mon .
"Weak charge form factor and radius of 208Pb through parity violation in electron scattering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.85.032501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1038244.
@article{osti_1038244,
title = {Weak charge form factor and radius of 208Pb through parity violation in electron scattering},
author = {Horowitz, C. J. and Ahmed, Z. and Jen, C. -M. and Rakhman, A. and Souder, P. A. and Dalton, M. M. and Liyanage, N. and Paschke, K. D. and Saenboonruang, K. and Silwal, R. and Franklin, G. B. and Friend, M. and Quinn, B. and Kumar, K. S. and McNulty, D. and Mercado, L. and Riordan, S. and Wexler, J. and Michaels, R. W. and Urciuoli, G. M.},
abstractNote = {We use distorted wave electron scattering calculations to extract the weak charge form factor FW($\bar{q}$), the weak charge radius RW, and the point neutron radius Rn, of 208Pb from the PREX parity violating asymmetry measurement. The form factor is the Fourier transform of the weak charge density at the average momentum transfer $\bar{q}$ = 0.475 fm-1. We find FW($\bar{q}$) = 0.204 ± 0.028(exp) ± 0.001(model). We use the Helm model to infer the weak radius from FW($\bar{q}$). We find RW = 5.826 ± 0.181(exp) ± 0.027(model) fm. Here the exp error includes PREX statistical and systematic errors, while the model error describes the uncertainty in RW from uncertainties in the surface thickness σ of the weak charge density. The weak radius is larger than the charge radius, implying a 'weak charge skin' where the surface region is relatively enriched in weak charges compared to (electromagnetic) charges. We extract the point neutron radius Rn = 5.751 ± 0.175 (exp) ± 0.026(model) ± 0.005(strange) fm, from RW. Here there is only a very small error (strange) from possible strange quark contributions. We find Rn to be slightly smaller than RW because of the nucleon's size. As a result, we find a neutron skin thickness of Rn-Rp = 0.302 ± 0.175 (exp) ± 0.026 (model) ± 0.005 (strange) fm, where Rp is the point proton radius.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.85.032501},
journal = {Physical Review C, Nuclear Physics},
number = 3,
volume = 85,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2012},
month = {Mon Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2012}
}
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