Quantum Monte Carlo methods for nuclear physics

J Carlson, S Gandolfi, F Pederiva, SC Pieper… - Reviews of modern …, 2015 - APS
Quantum Monte Carlo methods have proved valuable to study the structure and reactions of
light nuclei and nucleonic matter starting from realistic nuclear interactions and currents …

Accurate Determination of the Neutron Skin Thickness of through Parity-Violation in Electron Scattering

D Adhikari, H Albataineh, D Androic, K Aniol… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
We report a precision measurement of the parity-violating asymmetry A PV in the elastic
scattering of longitudinally polarized electrons from Pb 208. We measure A PV= 550±16 …

The P2 experiment: A future high-precision measurement of the weak mixing angle at low momentum transfer

D Becker, R Bucoveanu, C Grzesik, K Imai… - The European Physical …, 2018 - Springer
We describe the research and development work for the P2 experiment which aims for a
high precision determination of the weak mixing angle \sin^2W sin 2 θ W to a precision of …

Measurement of the Neutron Radius of through Parity Violation in Electron Scattering

S Abrahamyan, Z Ahmed, H Albataineh, K Aniol… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
We report the first measurement of the parity-violating asymmetry A PV in the elastic
scattering of polarized electrons from Pb 208. A PV is sensitive to the radius of the neutron …

Precision measurement of the weak charge of the proton

Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Large experimental programmes in the fields of nuclear and particle physics search for
evidence of physics beyond that explained by current theories. The observation of the Higgs …

A way forward in the study of the symmetry energy: experiment, theory, and observation

CJ Horowitz, EF Brown, Y Kim, WG Lynch… - Journal of Physics G …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The symmetry energy describes how the energy of nuclear matter rises as one goes away
from equal numbers of neutrons and protons. This is very important to describe neutron rich …

Strange-Quark Contributions to Parity-Violating Asymmetries<? format?> in the Forward G0 Electron-Proton Scattering Experiment

DS Armstrong, J Arvieux, R Asaturyan, T Averett… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
We have measured parity-violating asymmetries in elastic electron-proton scattering over
the range of momentum transfers 0.12≤ Q 2≤ 1.0 GeV 2. These asymmetries, arising from …

Weak charge form factor and radius of Pb through parity violation in electron scattering

CJ Horowitz, Z Ahmed, CM Jen, A Rakhman… - Physical Review C …, 2012 - APS
We use distorted wave electron scattering calculations to extract the weak charge form factor
FW (q¯), the weak charge radius RW, and the point neutron radius R n of 208 Pb from the …

Review of two-photon exchange in electron scattering

J Arrington, PG Blunden, W Melnitchouk - Progress in Particle and Nuclear …, 2011 - Elsevier
We review the role of two-photon exchange (TPE) in electron–hadron scattering, focusing in
particular on hadronic frameworks suitable for describing the low and moderate Q2 region …

Precision Measurements of the Nucleon Strange Form Factors at

A Acha, KA Aniol, DS Armstrong, J Arrington, T Averett… - Physical review …, 2007 - APS
We report new measurements of the parity-violating asymmetry A PV in elastic scattering of
3 GeV electrons off hydrogen and He 4 targets with⟨ θ lab⟩≈ 6.0°. The He 4 result is A …