Accurate Determination of the Neutron Skin Thickness of ^{208}Pb through Parity-Violation in Electron Scattering.
Adhikari D, Albataineh H, Androic D, Aniol K, Armstrong DS, Averett T, Ayerbe Gayoso C, Barcus S, Bellini V, Beminiwattha RS, Benesch JF, Bhatt H, Bhatta Pathak D, Bhetuwal D, Blaikie B, Campagna Q, Camsonne A, Cates GD, Chen Y, Clarke C, Cornejo JC, Covrig Dusa S, Datta P, Deshpande A, Dutta D, Feldman C, Fuchey E, Gal C, Gaskell D, Gautam T, Gericke M, Ghosh C, Halilovic I, Hansen JO, Hauenstein F, Henry W, Horowitz CJ, Jantzi C, Jian S, Johnston S, Jones DC, Karki B, Katugampola S, Keppel C, King PM, King DE, Knauss M, Kumar KS, Kutz T, Lashley-Colthirst N, Leverick G, Liu H, Liyange N, Malace S, Mammei R, Mammei J, McCaughan M, McNulty D, Meekins D, Metts C, Michaels R, Mondal MM, Napolitano J, Narayan A, Nikolaev D, Rashad MNH, Owen V, Palatchi C, Pan J, Pandey B, Park S, Paschke KD, Petrusky M, Pitt ML, Premathilake S, Puckett AJR, Quinn B, Radloff R, Rahman S, Rathnayake A, Reed BT, Reimer PE, Richards R, Riordan S, Roblin Y, Seeds S, Shahinyan A, Souder P, Tang L, Thiel M, Tian Y, Urciuoli GM, Wertz EW, Wojtsekhowski B, Yale B, Ye T, Yoon A, Zec A, Zhang W, Zhang J, Zheng X; PREX Collaboration.
Adhikari D, et al.
Phys Rev Lett. 2021 Apr 30;126(17):172502. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.172502.
Phys Rev Lett. 2021.
PMID: 33988387
The result also yields the first significant direct measurement of the interior weak density of ^{208}Pb: rho_{W}^{0}=-0.07960.0036(exp)0.0013(theo) fm^{-3} leading to the interior baryon density rho_{b}^{0}=0.14800.0036(exp)0.0013(theo) fm^{-3}. ...
The result also yields the first significant direct measurement of the interior weak density of ^{208}Pb: rho_{W}^{0}=-0.07960.0036(exp)0.00 …
