Precision electroweak studies using parity violation in electron scattering

Conference · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · AIP Conf. Proc.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4829384· OSTI ID:1108404

Paschke, Kent D, ^[1]

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1. Virginia U., JLAB

The nature of new neutral-current interactions can be revealed at the low-energy precision frontier, where studies of parity-violation in electron scattering will complement the energy-frontier studies at the LHC. Measurements of the parity-violating observable APV - the cross-section asymmetry in the scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons from an unpolarized target - are sensitive to possible contact interactions from new physics at multi-TeV mass scales. The 12 GeV upgrade at JLab and a new, high-intensity beam at Mainz offer opportunities for significant improvements in measurements of electron-electron and electron-quark parity-violating interactions.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 1108404
• Report Number(s): JLAB-PHY-13-1810; DOE/OR/23177-2913
• Journal Information: AIP Conf. Proc., Vol. 1563; Conference: Workshop to explore physics opportunities with intense, polarized electron beams at 50-300 MeV, 14-16 March 2013, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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