pith. sign in

arxiv: 2304.13770 · v2 · pith:4UYWJSM5new · submitted 2023-04-26 · ⚛️ nucl-ex

A novel measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor from A=3 mirror nuclei

S. N. Santiesteban , S. Li , D. Abrams , S. Alsalmi , D. Androic , K. Aniol , J. Arrington , T. Averett
show 98 more authors
C. Ayerbe Gayoso J. Bane S. Barcus J. Barrow A. Beck V. Bellini H. Bhatt D. Bhetuwal D. Biswas A. Camsonne J. Castellanos J. Chen J-P. Chen D. Chrisman M. E. Christy C. Clarke S. Covrig R. Cruz-Torres D. Day D. Dutta E. Fuchey C. Gal F. Garibaldi T. N. Gautam T. Gogami J. Gomez P. Gueye T. J. Hague J. O. Hansen F. Hauenstein W. Henry D. W. Higinbotham R. J. Holt C. Hyde K. Itabashi M. Kaneta A. Karki A. T. Katramatou C. E. Keppel P. M. King L. Kurbany T. Kutz N. Lashley-Colthirst W. B. Li H. Liu N. Liyanage E. Long A. Lovato J. Mammei P. Markowitz R. E. McClellan F. Meddi D. Meekins R. Michaels M. Mihovilovic A. Moyer S. Nagao D. Nguyen M. Nycz M. Olson L. Ou V. Owen C. Palatchi B. Pandey A. Papadopoulou S. Park T. Petkovic 6 S. Premathilake V. Punjabi R. D. Ransome P. E. Reimer J. Reinhold S. Riordan N. Rocco V. M. Rodriguez A. Schmidt B. Schmookler E. P. Segarra A. Shahinyan S. Sirca K. Slifer P. Solvignon T. Su R. Suleiman L. Tang Y. Tian W. Tireman F. Tortorici Y. Toyama K. Uehara G. M. Urciuoli D. Votaw J. Williamson B. Wojtsekhowski S. Wood Z. H. Ye J. Zhang X. Zheng
This is my paper
classification ⚛️ nucl-ex
keywords neutronformfactormagneticmeasurementsdatadeuteriumdifferent
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

The electromagnetic form factors of the proton and neutron encode information on the spatial structure of their charge and magnetization distributions. While measurements of the proton are relatively straightforward, the lack of a free neutron target makes measurements of the neutron's electromagnetic structure more challenging and more sensitive to experimental or model-dependent uncertainties. Various experiments have attempted to extract the neutron form factors from scattering from the neutron in deuterium, with different techniques providing different, and sometimes large, systematic uncertainties. We present results from a novel measurement of the neutron magnetic form factor using quasielastic scattering from the mirror nuclei $^3$H and $^3$He, where the nuclear effects are larger than for deuterium but expected to largely cancel in the cross-section ratios. We extracted values of the neutron magnetic form factor for low-to-modest momentum transfer, $0.6<Q^2<2.9$ GeV$^2$, where existing measurements give inconsistent results. The precision and $Q^2$ range of this data allow for a better understanding of the current world's data, and suggest a path toward further improvement of our overall understanding of the neutron's magnetic form factor.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.

Forward citations

Cited by 2 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

  1. Electromagnetic form factors and structure of the $T_{bb}$ tetraquark from lattice QCD

    hep-lat 2025-10 unverdicted novelty 8.0

    Lattice QCD on one ensemble yields electromagnetic form factors for T_bb, indicating a compact heavy diquark plus light antidiquark bound state with charge radius smaller than the BB* threshold.

  2. Electromagnetic form factors of the nucleon from the instanton vacuum

    hep-ph 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 5.0

    Nucleon EM form factors computed in instanton vacuum model with parameters fixed by saddle-point equation yield proton charge radius 0.841 fm matching muonic hydrogen and good agreement on Q2 dependence of ratios.