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Average CsI neutron density distribution from COHERENT data

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2018-02-21 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment Nuclear Theory

Abstract

Using the coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering data of the COHERENT experiment, we determine for the first time the average neutron rms radius of 133Cs^{133}\text{Cs} and 127I^{127}\text{I}. We obtain the practically model-independent value Rn=5.51.1+0.9fm R_{n} = 5.5 {}^{+0.9}_{-1.1} \, \text{fm} using the symmetrized Fermi and Helm form factors. We also point out that the COHERENT data show a 2.3σ2.3\sigma evidence of the nuclear structure suppression of the full coherence.

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@article{arxiv.1710.02730,
  title  = {Average CsI neutron density distribution from COHERENT data},
  author = {M. Cadeddu and C. Giunti and Y. F. Li and Y. Y. Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.02730},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages. To be published in Physical Review Letters

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