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Measurements of the Electric and Magnetic Form Factors of the Neutron for Timelike Momentum Transfer.
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Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2023 Apr 14; Vol. 130 (15), pp. 151905. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- We present the first measurements of the electric and magnetic form factors of the neutron in the timelike (positive q^{2}) region as function of four-momentum transfer. We explored the differential cross sections of the reaction e^{+}e^{-}→n[over ¯]n with data collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII accelerator, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 354.6 pb^{-1} in total at twelve center-of-mass energies between sqrt[s]=2.0-2.95 GeV. A relative uncertainty of 18% and 12% for the electric and magnetic form factors, respectively, is achieved at sqrt[s]=2.3935 GeV. Our results are comparable in accuracy to those from electron scattering in the comparable spacelike region of four-momentum transfer. The electromagnetic form factor ratio R_{em}≡|G_{E}|/|G_{M}| is within the uncertainties close to unity. We compare our result on |G_{E}| and |G_{M}| to recent model predictions, and the measurements in the spacelike region to test the analyticity of electromagnetic form factors.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1079-7114
- Volume :
- 130
- Issue :
- 15
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37115883
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.151905