New precision measurements of free neutron beta decay with cold neutrons

Baeßler, Stefan; Bowman, James David; Penttilä, Seppo I.; Počanić, Dinko

doi:10.1088/0954-3899/41/11/114003

Title: New precision measurements of free neutron beta decay with cold neutrons

Journal Article · Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0954-3899/41/11/114003· OSTI ID:1286717

Baeßler, Stefan ^[1]; Bowman, James David ^[2]; Penttilä, Seppo I. ^[2]; Počanić, Dinko ^[3]

Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)

Precision measurements in free neutron beta decay serve to determine the coupling constants of beta decay, and offer several stringent tests of the standard model. This study describes the free neutron beta decay program planned for the Fundamental Physics Beamline at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and finally puts it into the context of other recent and planned measurements of neutron beta decay observables.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1286717

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Vol. 41, Issue 11; ISSN 0954-3899

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