aCORN: An experiment to measure the electron-antineutrino correlation in neutron decay
Type of Work
Article
Date
12-1-2009
Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal ISSN
0168-9002
Journal Volume
611
Journal Issue
2-3
First Page
207
Last Page
210
DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.064
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. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Citation Information
Wietfeldt, F. E.; Byrne, J.; Collett, Brian; Dewey, M. S.; Jones, Gordon L.; Komives, A.; Laptev, A.; Nico, J. S.; Noid, G.; Stephenson, E. J.; Stern, I.; Trull, C.; and Yerozolimsky, B. G., "aCORN: An experiment to measure the electron-antineutrino correlation in neutron decay" (2009). Hamilton Digital Commons.
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Hamilton Areas of Study
Physics