Measurement of spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with nickel phosphorus coated surfaces

Tang, Zhaowen; Adamek, Evan Robert; Brandt, Aaron; Callahan, Nathan Brannan; Clayton, Steven M.; Currie, Scott Allister; Ito, Takeyasu M.; Makela, Mark F.; Masuda, Yasuhiro; Morris, Christopher L.; Pattie, Robert Wayne; Ramsey, John Clinton; Salvat, Daniel J.; Saunders, Alexander; Young, Albert R.

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.04.098

Title: Measurement of spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with nickel phosphorus coated surfaces

Abstract

We report a measurement of the spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with surfaces coated with nickel phosphorus.

Authors:

Tang, Zhaowen ^[1]; Adamek, Evan Robert ^[2]; Brandt, Aaron ^[3]; Callahan, Nathan Brannan ^[2]; Clayton, Steven M. ^[1]; Currie, Scott Allister ^[1]; Ito, Takeyasu M. ^[1]; Makela, Mark F. ^[1]; Masuda, Yasuhiro ^[4];

^[1]; Pattie, Robert Wayne ^[1]; Ramsey, John Clinton ^[1]; Salvat, Daniel J. ^[5]; Saunders, Alexander ^[1]; Young, Albert R. ^[3]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba (Japan)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)

Publication Date:: Tue Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Contributing Org.:: Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States); North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba (Japan)

OSTI Identifier:: 1335603

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1481653

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-28097
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; 20140015DR; AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 827; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Atomic and Nuclear Physics; Ultracold neutron; Ultracold neutron guide; Spin depolarization; Nickel phosphorus

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                    Tang, Zhaowen, Adamek, Evan Robert, Brandt, Aaron, Callahan, Nathan Brannan, Clayton, Steven M., Currie, Scott Allister, Ito, Takeyasu M., Makela, Mark F., Masuda, Yasuhiro, Morris, Christopher L., Pattie, Robert Wayne, Ramsey, John Clinton, Salvat, Daniel J., Saunders, Alexander, and Young, Albert R. Measurement of spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with nickel phosphorus coated surfaces.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Tang, Zhaowen, Adamek, Evan Robert, Brandt, Aaron, Callahan, Nathan Brannan, Clayton, Steven M., Currie, Scott Allister, Ito, Takeyasu M., Makela, Mark F., Masuda, Yasuhiro, Morris, Christopher L., Pattie, Robert Wayne, Ramsey, John Clinton, Salvat, Daniel J., Saunders, Alexander, & Young, Albert R. Measurement of spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with nickel phosphorus coated surfaces.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.04.098

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                    Tang, Zhaowen, Adamek, Evan Robert, Brandt, Aaron, Callahan, Nathan Brannan, Clayton, Steven M., Currie, Scott Allister, Ito, Takeyasu M., Makela, Mark F., Masuda, Yasuhiro, Morris, Christopher L., Pattie, Robert Wayne, Ramsey, John Clinton, Salvat, Daniel J., Saunders, Alexander, and Young, Albert R. Tue .  
"Measurement of spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with nickel phosphorus coated surfaces".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.04.098.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1335603.

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  title        = {Measurement of spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with nickel phosphorus coated surfaces},

  author       = {Tang, Zhaowen and Adamek, Evan Robert and Brandt, Aaron and Callahan, Nathan Brannan and Clayton, Steven M. and Currie, Scott Allister and Ito, Takeyasu M. and Makela, Mark F. and Masuda, Yasuhiro and Morris, Christopher L. and Pattie, Robert Wayne and Ramsey, John Clinton and Salvat, Daniel J. and Saunders, Alexander and Young, Albert R.},

  abstractNote = {We report a measurement of the spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with surfaces coated with nickel phosphorus.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.nima.2016.04.098},

  journal      = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 827,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Tue Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

}

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