Search for dark matter decay of the free neutron from the UCNA experiment:
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- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- Contributing Org.:
- UCNA Collaboration
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1439426
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1438065; OSTI ID: 1481650; OSTI ID: 1525826
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-18-22249
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985; PRVCAN; DE-FG02-97ER41042; TRN: US1900608
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0014622; FG02-08ER41557; FG02-97ER41042; 20110043DR; AC05-00OR22725; 89233218CNA000001
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review C
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 97; Journal Issue: 5; Related Information: @article{PhysRevC.97.035505,title = {New result for the neutron $\ensuremath{\beta}$-asymmetry parameter ${A}_{0}$ from UCNA},author = {Brown, M. A.-P. and Dees, E. B. and Adamek, E. and Allgeier, B. and Blatnik, M. and Bowles, T. J. and Broussard, L. J. and Carr, R. and Clayton, S. and Cude-Woods, C. and Currie, S. and Ding, X. and Filippone, B. W. and Garc\'{\i}a, A. and Geltenbort, P. and Hasan, S. and Hickerson, K. P. and Hoagland, J. and Hong, R. and Hogan, G. E. and Holley, A. T. and Ito, T. M. and Knecht, A. and Liu, C.-Y. and Liu, J. and Makela, M. and Martin, J. W. and Melconian, D. and Mendenhall, M. P. and Moore, S. D. and Morris, C. L. and Nepal, S. and Nouri, N. and Pattie, R. W. and P\'erez Galv\'an, A. and Phillips, D. G. and Picker, R. and Pitt, M. L. and Plaster, B. and Ramsey, J. C. and Rios, R. and Salvat, D. J. and Saunders, A. and Sondheim, W. and Seestrom, S. J. and Sjue, S. and Slutsky, S. and Sun, X. and Swank, C. and Swift, G. and Tatar, E. and Vogelaar, R. B. and VornDick, B. and Wang, Z. and Wexler, J. and Womack, T. and Wrede, C. and Young, A. R. and Zeck, B. A.},collaboration = {UCNA Collaboration},journal = {Phys. Rev. C},volume = {97},issue = {3},pages = {035505},numpages = {9},year = {2018},month = {Mar},publisher = {American Physical Society},doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.97.035505},url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.035505}}; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9985
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Neutron decay; dark matter decay; neutron to dark matter decay channel; neutron producing positron-electron pairs
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Sun, X., Adamek, E., Allgeier, B., Blatnik, M., Bowles, T. J., Broussard, L. J., Brown, M. A. -P., Carr, R., Clayton, S., Cude-Woods, C., Currie, S., Dees, E. B., Ding, X., Filippone, B. W., García, A., Geltenbort, P., Hasan, S., Hickerson, K. P., Hoagland, J., Hong, R., Hogan, G. E., Holley, A. T., Ito, T. M., Knecht, A., Liu, C. -Y., Liu, J., Makela, M., Mammei, R., Martin, J. W., Melconian, D., Mendenhall, M. P., Moore, S. D., Morris, C. L., Nepal, S., Nouri, N., Pattie, R. W., Pérez Galván, A., Phillips, D. G., Picker, R., Pitt, M. L., Plaster, B., Ramsey, J. C., Rios, R., Salvat, D. J., Saunders, A., Sondheim, W., Sjue, S., Slutsky, S., Swank, C., Swift, G., Tatar, E., Vogelaar, R. B., VornDick, B., Wang, Z., Wei, W., Wexler, J., Womack, T., Wrede, C., Young, A. R., and Zeck, B. A. Search for dark matter decay of the free neutron from the UCNA experiment: n→χ+e+e–. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevC.97.052501.
Sun, X., Adamek, E., Allgeier, B., Blatnik, M., Bowles, T. J., Broussard, L. J., Brown, M. A. -P., Carr, R., Clayton, S., Cude-Woods, C., Currie, S., Dees, E. B., Ding, X., Filippone, B. W., García, A., Geltenbort, P., Hasan, S., Hickerson, K. P., Hoagland, J., Hong, R., Hogan, G. E., Holley, A. T., Ito, T. M., Knecht, A., Liu, C. -Y., Liu, J., Makela, M., Mammei, R., Martin, J. W., Melconian, D., Mendenhall, M. P., Moore, S. D., Morris, C. L., Nepal, S., Nouri, N., Pattie, R. W., Pérez Galván, A., Phillips, D. G., Picker, R., Pitt, M. L., Plaster, B., Ramsey, J. C., Rios, R., Salvat, D. J., Saunders, A., Sondheim, W., Sjue, S., Slutsky, S., Swank, C., Swift, G., Tatar, E., Vogelaar, R. B., VornDick, B., Wang, Z., Wei, W., Wexler, J., Womack, T., Wrede, C., Young, A. R., & Zeck, B. A. Search for dark matter decay of the free neutron from the UCNA experiment: n→χ+e+e–. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.052501
Sun, X., Adamek, E., Allgeier, B., Blatnik, M., Bowles, T. J., Broussard, L. J., Brown, M. A. -P., Carr, R., Clayton, S., Cude-Woods, C., Currie, S., Dees, E. B., Ding, X., Filippone, B. W., García, A., Geltenbort, P., Hasan, S., Hickerson, K. P., Hoagland, J., Hong, R., Hogan, G. E., Holley, A. T., Ito, T. M., Knecht, A., Liu, C. -Y., Liu, J., Makela, M., Mammei, R., Martin, J. W., Melconian, D., Mendenhall, M. P., Moore, S. D., Morris, C. L., Nepal, S., Nouri, N., Pattie, R. W., Pérez Galván, A., Phillips, D. G., Picker, R., Pitt, M. L., Plaster, B., Ramsey, J. C., Rios, R., Salvat, D. J., Saunders, A., Sondheim, W., Sjue, S., Slutsky, S., Swank, C., Swift, G., Tatar, E., Vogelaar, R. B., VornDick, B., Wang, Z., Wei, W., Wexler, J., Womack, T., Wrede, C., Young, A. R., and Zeck, B. A. Mon .
"Search for dark matter decay of the free neutron from the UCNA experiment: n→χ+e+e–". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.97.052501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1439426.
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title = {Search for dark matter decay of the free neutron from the UCNA experiment: n→χ+e+e–},
author = {Sun, X. and Adamek, E. and Allgeier, B. and Blatnik, M. and Bowles, T. J. and Broussard, L. J. and Brown, M. A. -P. and Carr, R. and Clayton, S. and Cude-Woods, C. and Currie, S. and Dees, E. B. and Ding, X. and Filippone, B. W. and García, A. and Geltenbort, P. and Hasan, S. and Hickerson, K. P. and Hoagland, J. and Hong, R. and Hogan, G. E. and Holley, A. T. and Ito, T. M. and Knecht, A. and Liu, C. -Y. and Liu, J. and Makela, M. and Mammei, R. and Martin, J. W. and Melconian, D. and Mendenhall, M. P. and Moore, S. D. and Morris, C. L. and Nepal, S. and Nouri, N. and Pattie, R. W. and Pérez Galván, A. and Phillips, D. G. and Picker, R. and Pitt, M. L. and Plaster, B. and Ramsey, J. C. and Rios, R. and Salvat, D. J. and Saunders, A. and Sondheim, W. and Sjue, S. and Slutsky, S. and Swank, C. and Swift, G. and Tatar, E. and Vogelaar, R. B. and VornDick, B. and Wang, Z. and Wei, W. and Wexler, J. and Womack, T. and Wrede, C. and Young, A. R. and Zeck, B. A.},
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doi = {10.1103/PhysRevC.97.052501},
journal = {Physical Review C},
number = 5,
volume = 97,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon May 21 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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