A method for an improved measurement of the electron-antineutrino correlation in free neutron beta decay
Type of Work
Article
Date
6-11-2005
Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal ISSN
0168-9002
Journal Volume
545
Journal Issue
1-2
First Page
181
Last Page
193
DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.339
Abstract
The angular correlation between the beta electron and antineutrino in nuclear beta decay is characterized by the dimensionless parameter a. The value of a for free neutron decay, when combined with other neutron decay parameters, can be used to determine the weak vector and axial vector coupling constants g(V) and g(A) and test the validity and self-consistency of the Electroweak Standard Model. Previous experiments that measured a in neutron decay relied on precise proton spectroscopy and were limited by systematic effects at about the 5% level. We present a new approach to measuring a for which systematic uncertainties promise to be much smaller. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Citation Information
Wietfeldt, F. E.; Fisher, B. M.; Trull, C.; Jones, Gordon L.; Collett, Brian; Goldin, L.; Yerozolimsky, B. G.; Wilson, R.; Balashov, S.; Mostovoy, Y.; Komives, A.; Leuschner, M.; Byrne, J.; Bateman, F. B.; Dewey, M. S.; Nico, J. S.; and Thompson, A. K., "A method for an improved measurement of the electron-antineutrino correlation in free neutron beta decay" (2005). Hamilton Digital Commons.
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Hamilton Areas of Study
Physics