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首次用超冷中子测量中子$β$不对称性

First Measurement of the Neutron $β$-Asymmetry with Ultracold Neutrons

R. W. Pattie

摘要:

报道了利用极化超冷中子(UCN)首次测量中子$β$衰变的角关联参数。我们利用UCN的能量低于约200 neV,我们引导和存储$\sim 30$ s在铜衰变体积。衰变体积外部的静态7 T场的$\vecμ_n \cdot \vec{B}$电势为平行于场的自旋态提供420 neV的势能势垒,在UCN通过绝热快通(AFP)自旋翻转器并进入位于1 T、$2 \times 2π$超导螺线管光谱仪内的衰变体积之前使UCN极化。我们确定一个值的$β$ -不对称参数$A_0$,成比例的中子极化和电子动量之间的角相关性,$A_0 = -0.1138 \pm 0.0051$。

英文摘要:

We report the first measurement of angular correlation parameters in neutron $β$-decay using polarized ultracold neutrons (UCN). We utilize UCN with energies below about 200 neV, which we guide and store for $\sim 30$ s in a Cu decay volume. The $\vecμ_n \cdot \vec{B}$ potential of a static 7 T field external to the decay volume provides a 420 neV potential energy barrier to the spin state parallel to the field, polarizing the UCN before they pass through an adiabatic fast passage (AFP) spin-flipper and enter a decay volume, situated within a 1 T, $2 \times 2π$ superconducting solenoidal spectrometer. We determine a value for the $β$-asymmetry parameter $A_0$, proportional to the angular correlation between the neutron polarization and the electron momentum, of $A_0 = -0.1138 \pm 0.0051$.

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