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The PREX and CREX neutron density experiments and neutron stars

Sep 6, 2022, 1:20 PM
25m
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FSU, Tallahassee, FL, USA

Speaker

Charles Horowitz

Description

The PREX and CREX experiments at Jefferson Laboratory use parity violating electron scattering to cleanly locate neutrons in neutron rich nuclei. These measurements demonstrate that heavy nuclei have a neutron rich skin and measure its thickness. This determines the pressure of neutron rich matter and has important implications for the structure of neutron stars. We compare PREX results in the laboratory to neutron star observations with X-rays and gravitational waves

speaker affiliation Indiana University

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