Dec 11, 2023
The measurement was performed by Fermilab's MINERvA experiment, of which Ron is a founding member. The new study discovered that neutrino scattering could be used as a robust probe of the internal structure of the proton.
Electron scattering has been used since the 1950's for this purpose, determining the proton size and the charge distribution of its constituent quarks.
As PhysicsWorld writes "If this [neutrino] scattering can be measured, it would not only complement electron scattering experiments in probing proton structures; it may also provide important new insights into how neutrinos and protons interact."
Congratulations to Ron and the MINERvA team for this important new result!
