Search for the Neutron Decay n→X+γ , Where X is a Dark Matter Particle

Tang, Zhaowen; Blatnik, Marie; Broussard, Leah Jacklyn; Choi, J. H.; Clayton, S. M.; Cude-Woods, Chris; Currie, S.; Fellers, D. E.; Fries, M.; Geltenbort, P.; Gonzalez, F.; Hickerson, K. P.; Ito, T. M.; Liu, C.-Y.; Macdonald, S. W. T.; Makela, M.; Morris, C. L.; O'Shaughnessy, Chris M.; Pattie, R. W.; Plaster, Brad; Salvat, D. J.; Saunders, A.; Wang, Z.; Young, A. R.; Zeck, Bryan A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.022505

Title: Search for the Neutron Decay $n \to X + γ$ , Where $X$ is a Dark Matter Particle

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Tang, Zhaowen ^[1]; Blatnik, Marie ^[2];

^[3]; Choi, J. H. ^[4]; Clayton, S. M. ^[1]; Cude-Woods, Chris ^[5]; Currie, S. ^[1]; Fellers, D. E. ^[1]; Fries, M. ^[2]; Geltenbort, P. ^[6]; Gonzalez, F. ^[7]; Hickerson, K. P. ^[2]; Ito, T. M. ^[1]; Liu, C.-Y. ^[7]; Macdonald, S. W. T. ^[1]; Makela, M. ^[1]; Morris, C. L. ^[1]; O'Shaughnessy, Chris M. ^[1]; Pattie, R. W. ^[1]; Plaster, Brad ^[8] more »

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Kellogg Radiation Lab.
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Inst. Laue-Langevin (ILL), Grenoble (France)
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States)
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Jul 11 00:00:00 EDT 2018

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

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

OSTI Identifier:: 1462879

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1459740; OSTI ID: 1475340

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-20909
Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007; PRLTAO; TRN: US1902226

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; 20140568DR; FG02-97ER41042; SC0014622; 8215; AC52-06NA25396

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 121; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS

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                    Tang, Zhaowen, Blatnik, Marie, Broussard, Leah Jacklyn, Choi, J. H., Clayton, S. M., Cude-Woods, Chris, Currie, S., Fellers, D. E., Fries, M., Geltenbort, P., Gonzalez, F., Hickerson, K. P., Ito, T. M., Liu, C.-Y., Macdonald, S. W. T., Makela, M., Morris, C. L., O'Shaughnessy, Chris M., Pattie, R. W., Plaster, Brad, Salvat, D. J., Saunders, A., Wang, Z., Young, A. R., and Zeck, Bryan A. Search for the Neutron Decay n→X+γ , Where X is a Dark Matter Particle.  United States: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Tang, Zhaowen, Blatnik, Marie, Broussard, Leah Jacklyn, Choi, J. H., Clayton, S. M., Cude-Woods, Chris, Currie, S., Fellers, D. E., Fries, M., Geltenbort, P., Gonzalez, F., Hickerson, K. P., Ito, T. M., Liu, C.-Y., Macdonald, S. W. T., Makela, M., Morris, C. L., O'Shaughnessy, Chris M., Pattie, R. W., Plaster, Brad, Salvat, D. J., Saunders, A., Wang, Z., Young, A. R., & Zeck, Bryan A. Search for the Neutron Decay n→X+γ , Where X is a Dark Matter Particle.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.022505

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                    Tang, Zhaowen, Blatnik, Marie, Broussard, Leah Jacklyn, Choi, J. H., Clayton, S. M., Cude-Woods, Chris, Currie, S., Fellers, D. E., Fries, M., Geltenbort, P., Gonzalez, F., Hickerson, K. P., Ito, T. M., Liu, C.-Y., Macdonald, S. W. T., Makela, M., Morris, C. L., O'Shaughnessy, Chris M., Pattie, R. W., Plaster, Brad, Salvat, D. J., Saunders, A., Wang, Z., Young, A. R., and Zeck, Bryan A. Wed .  
"Search for the Neutron Decay n→X+γ , Where X is a Dark Matter Particle".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.022505.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1462879.

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Title: Search for the Neutron Decay $n \to X + γ$ , Where $X$ is a Dark Matter Particle

Recent developments in Geant4
journal, November 2016

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Measurement of the neutron lifetime by counting trapped protons
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