2007

Neutron scattering and extra short range interactions

Nesvizhevsky, V. V., Pignol, G., Protasov, K. V.

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The available data on neutron scattering were analyzed to constrain a hypothetical new short-range interaction.

  • We show that these constraints are several orders of magnitude better than those usually cited in the range between 1 pm and 5 nm.
  • This distance range occupies an intermediate space between collider searches for strongly coupled heavy bosons and searches for new weak macroscopic forces.
  • We emphasise the reliability of the neutron constraints in so far as they provide several independent strategies.

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