Neutron scattering and extra-short-range interactions

By V. Nesvizhevsky, G. Pignol, K. Protasov. 2007

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The available data on neutron scattering were reviewed 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 emphasize the reliability of the neutron constraints insofar as they provide several independent strategies. We have identified a promising way to improve them.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Search for New Physics with Atoms and Molecules (2017, background): “01 nm to 10 nm, the best constraints on fifth forces come from experiments measuring the scattering of neutrons off of noble gas atoms (Kamiya et al., 2015; Nesvizhevsky et al., 2008; Pokotilovski, 2006).”
Light dark matter: Models and constraints (2017, background): “In addition, bounds on new forces with masses as heavy as an MeV can also be obtained from lowenergy neutron experiments [77–79].”