Measuring the Neutron Distribution from Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering (1903.12120v1)

Abstract: Last year the COHERENT collaboration was able to measure for the first time the Coherent Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering (CE$\nu$NS). Neutrinos within the right energy range can be produced in large quantities at accelerator facilities via pion Decay At Rest ($\pi$DAR) and used to measure CE$\nu$NS. This new channel opens several, interesting possibilities: studying the CE$\nu$NS spectrum it will be possible, for example, to search for Physics Beyond the Standard Model, looking for deviations from the predictions of the electroweak theory; it can also give important inputs for the understanding of core collapse supernovas, where neutrino-nucleus interactions and, more generally, collective neutrino behavior play a crucial role. Using CE$\nu$NS it is also possible to measure precisely the electroweak form factor for a large number of different nuclei, extracting information on the neutron distribution inside the nucleus as well. In this presentation I will focus on the last aspect: I will calculated the precision that can be achieved in such kind of experiment, investigating in particular the effects of the low-energy threshold and the systematic errors on the quenching factor. The expected precision will be calculated using the Helm model and also with a model-independent approach.