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Title: Nucleon axial-vector form factor and radius from future neutrino experiments

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D.
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  1. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
  2. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States). Theoretical Division

Precision measurements of antineutrino elastic scattering on hydrogen from future neutrino experiments offer a unique opportunity to access the low-energy structure of protons and neutrons. We discuss the determination of the nucleon axial-vector form factor and radius from antineutrino interactions on hydrogen that can be collected at the future Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and study the sources of theoretical and experimental uncertainties. The projected accuracy would improve existing measurements by 1 order of magnitude and be competitive with contemporary lattice-QCD determinations, potentially helping to resolve the corresponding tension with measurements from (anti)neutrino elastic scattering on deuterium. We find that the current knowledge of the nucleon vector form factors could be one of the dominant sources of uncertainty. We also evaluate the constraints that can be simultaneously obtained on the absolute $$\bar{ν}_μ$$ flux normalization.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359; SC0019095; 89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
2000971
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2317695; OSTI ID: 2323529
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--22-32611; FERMILAB-PUB--23-420-T; arXiv:2309.02509; oai:inspirehep.net:2693878
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D., Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 109; ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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