P-parity nonconservation in the total cross section for the interaction of thermal neutrons with /sup 233/U

Journal Article · Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EST 1983 · JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:5265877

Vesna, V A; Kolomenskii, A; Okunev, I S; Pirozhkov, A N; Smotritskii, L M; Shul'gina, E V; Kornyushkin, A F; Titov, N A; Solov'ev, S M; Lobashev, V M

An upper limit is found on the difference between the cross sections for the interactions of thermal neutrons with opposite helicities with /sup 233/U: P = (sigma/sup +//sub t/-sigma/sup -//sub t/)/(sigma/sup +//sub t/ +sigma/sup -//sub t/)<1.5 x 10/sup -6/ (at a 90% confidence level). This result contradicts the value P = 10/sup -4/--10/sup -5/ estimated under the assumption that the 0.17-eV level is a p-wave level.

• Research Organization: B. P. Konstantinov Leningrad Institute of Nuclear Physics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
• OSTI ID: 5265877
• Journal Information: JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 37:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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