Title of article
aCORN: An experiment to measure the electron–antineutrino correlation in neutron decay
Author/Authors
Wietfeldt، نويسنده , , F.E. and Byrne، نويسنده , , J. and Collett، نويسنده , , B. and Dewey، نويسنده , , M.S. and Jones، نويسنده , , G.L. and Komives، نويسنده , , A. and Laptev، نويسنده , , A. I. Nico، نويسنده , , J.S. and Noid، نويسنده , , G. and Stephenson، نويسنده , , E.J. and Stern، نويسنده , , I. and Trull، نويسنده , , C. and Yerozolimsky، نويسنده , , B.G.، نويسنده ,
Pages
4
From page
207
To page
210
Abstract
The aCORN experiment is designed to make a precision ( < 1 % ) measurement of the electron–antineutrino angular correlation (a-coefficient) in neutron beta decay. It uses a new method proposed in 1996 by Yerozolimsky and Mostovoy. Electrons and recoil protons from neutron decay in a cold beam are detected in coincidence. The momenta of the particles are selected so that the protons form two kinematically distinct time-of-flight groups as a function of electron energy. The count rate asymmetry in these two groups is proportional to the a-coefficient. Precision spectroscopy of the protons is not required. The apparatus is currently under construction. It will be integrated and tested at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility (IUCF) and then moved to the NIST Center for Neutron Research for the initial physics run.
Keywords
Neutron decay , beta decay
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Record number
1991289
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