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Measurement of the antineutron-proton annihilation cross section extremely close to the N-barN threshold

Conference · · AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5962395
In an experiment at the Brookhaven AGS n-barp annihilation has been studed very close to threshold, i.e. down to T-/sub n/approx. <1 MeV. The antineutrons were produced by antiprotons via charge exchange p-barp..-->..n-barn. The n-bar annihilation was detected in the same liquid hydrogen target in which they were produced. Very slow antineutrons were tagged by recording the associated, forward going neutron in a separate neutron time-of-flight detector. The n-barp annihilation cross section is extracted from the measured time dependence of the n-bar annihilation in the target. Preliminary results indicate values around ..beta../sub n/--sigma/sub A/approx. =35 mb (n-bar velocity * annihilation cross section).
Research Organization:
University of New Mexico, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Albuquerque, NM 87131
OSTI ID:
5962395
Report Number(s):
CONF-860575-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: AIP Conf. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 150:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English