Experimental limit on parity violation in nonresonant neutron-nucleus scattering

Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.48.1116· OSTI ID:6139701

Bowman, J D; Delheij, P P.J.; Frankle, C M; Gould, C R; Haase, D G; Knudson, J N; Mitchell, G E; Penttilae, S; Postma, H; Roberson, N R; Seestrom, S J; Szymanski, J J; Yeh, J J; Yoo, S H; Yuan, V W; Zhu, X ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory; Los Alamos; New Mexico 87545 (United States) TRIUMF; Vancouver; British Columbia; V6T 2A3 (Canada) North Carolina State University; Raleigh; North Carolina 2769; (United States) Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory; Durham; North Carolina 27708 (United States) University of Technology; P.O. Box 5046; 2600 GA; Delft (Netherlands) Duke University; Durham; North Carolina 27708 (United States) Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory; Durham; North Carolina 27708 (United States) Harvard University; Cambridge; Massachusetts 02138 (United States)

The parity-nonconserving longitudinal asymmetry [ital P] has been measured in nonresonant regions in [sup 232]Th for neutron energies in the range 6--86 eV. The measured value of [ital P][sub nonres]=(9.8[plus minus]21.7)[times]10[sup [minus]6] is consistent with statistical descriptions of parity violation.

• DOE Contract Number: FG05-88ER40441; FG05-91ER40619; W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6139701
• Journal Information: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, C (Nuclear Physics); (United States) Vol. 48:3; ISSN 0556-2813; ISSN PRVCAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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