Abstract
The present PREX-II and CREX experiments are measuring the rms radius of the weak charge density of Pb208 and Ca48. We discuss the feasibility of a new parity violating electron scattering experiment to measure the surface thickness of the weak charge density of a heavy nucleus. Once PREX-II and CREX have constrained weak radii, an additional parity violating measurement at a momentum transfer near 0.76fm-1 for Pb208 or 1.28fm-1 for Ca48 can determine the surface thickness.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 064308 |
| Journal | Physical Review C |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 9 Dec 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 American Physical Society.
Funding
This research was supported in part by the United States Department of Energy Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics Grants No. DE-FG02-87ER40365 (Indiana University) and No. DE-SC0018083 (NUCLEI SciDAC Collaboration).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Office of Nuclear Physics | DE-FG02-87ER40365 |
| United States Department of Energy Office of Science | |
| Indiana University | DE-SC0018083 |