Measuring the neutron's mean square charge radius using neutron interferometry
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Measuring the Neutron’s Mean Square Charge Radius Using Neutron Interferometry
The neutron is electrically neutral, but its substructure consists of charged quarks so it may have an internal charge distribution. In fact it is known to have a negative mean square charge radius (MSCR), the second moment of the radial charge density. In other words the neutron has a positive core and negative skin. In the first Born approximation the neutron MSCR can be simply related to the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physica B: Condensed Matter
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0921-4526
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2006.05.187