Comments to the problem of experimental determination of the neutron-electron scattering length and its theoretical interpretation

dc.creatorPopov, A. B.
dc.creatorTretyakova, T. Yu.
dc.date2008-12-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:23:09Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:23:09Z
dc.descriptionWe discuss the experimental data on the n,e-scattering length bne and the values of mean square charge radius of the neutron <r^2> obtained from them. It is shown that the accumulated during the last 50 years most significant experimental estimates of the bne are not contradictory and lead to the average value <r^2>=-0.1178+-0.0037 fm^2. Assuming that all the authors have underestimated the errors of their measurements by a factor of 1.7, the combined fit of all available experimental data would lead to Chi^2~1 per degree of freedom. Different modern theoretical predictions of <r^2> are considered. They are found to be in a good agreement with the obtained experimental value <r^2>. However the existing theoretical description of the structure of neutron does not provide a value of <r^2> with a sufficient accuracy.
dc.description8 pages, 1 figure
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0812.5019
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0812.5019
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/213891
dc.subjectNuclear Experiment
dc.titleComments to the problem of experimental determination of the neutron-electron scattering length and its theoretical interpretation
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