TY - JOUR

T1 - Search for Novel Short-Range Forces between Elementary Particles in Neutron Scattering

AU - Voronin, V. V.

AU - Shapiro, D. D.

PY - 2018/1/1

Y1 - 2018/1/1

N2 - The sensitivity of the method of neutron scattering to novel neutron–nucleon interactions is analyzed. Upper limits on the coupling constant of such interactions are imposed using the available data on neutron powder diffraction on polycrystalline silicon. For the forces acting at ranges of λ < 10–11 m, these upper limits are already competitive with the best existing constraints on their coupling constant. A dedicated experiment can help improve the sensitivity to this coupling constant by nearly two orders of magnitude.

AB - The sensitivity of the method of neutron scattering to novel neutron–nucleon interactions is analyzed. Upper limits on the coupling constant of such interactions are imposed using the available data on neutron powder diffraction on polycrystalline silicon. For the forces acting at ranges of λ < 10–11 m, these upper limits are already competitive with the best existing constraints on their coupling constant. A dedicated experiment can help improve the sensitivity to this coupling constant by nearly two orders of magnitude.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043979426&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1134/S0021364018010149

DO - 10.1134/S0021364018010149

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85043979426

VL - 107

SP - 1

EP - 3

JO - JETP Letters

JF - JETP Letters

SN - 0021-3640

IS - 1

ER -