Experiments in Fundamental Neutron Physics

Abstract

Experiments using slow neutrons address a growing range of scientific issues spanning nuclear physics, particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. The field of fundamental physics using neutrons has experienced a significant increase in activity over the last two decades. This review summarizes some of the recent developments in the field and outlines some of the prospects for future research.

52 pages, 5 figures

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• Is the Unitarity of the quark-mixing-CKM-matrix violated in neutron $\beta$-decay?
• Nuclear Parity-Violation in Effective Field Theory
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• Atomic Parity Nonconservation and Nuclear Anapole Moments
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• About the parity-non-conserving asymmetry in n+p--->d+gamma
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• A Current Mode Detector Array for Gamma-Ray Asymmetry Measurements
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• Progress toward a new measurement of the parity violating asymmetry in n+p-->d+gamma
• New Possibilities for Investigation of TRI Violation with the use of Aligned Nuclei
• Neutron Charge Radius Deduced from Interferometric Bragg Reflection Technique
• Searching for T-Violating, P-Conserving New Physics with Neutrons

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• Tests of the standard electroweak model in beta decay
• The neutron and its role in cosmology and particle physics
• Determination of |Vud| from nuclear mirror transitions
• Relativity violations and beta decay
• A clean, bright, and versatile source of neutron decay products
• The Time-Reversal- and Parity-Violating Nuclear Potential in Chiral Effective Theory
• Exotic decay channels are not the cause of the neutron lifetime anomaly
• A New Limit on Possible Long-Range Parity-odd Interactions of the Neutron from Neutron Spin Rotation in Liquid ${}^{4}He$
• Measurement of the neutron $\beta$-asymmetry parameter $A_0$ with ultracold neutrons
• Background Radiation Measurements at High Power Research Reactors
• Fundamental Neutron Physics Beamline at the Spallation Neutron Source at ORNL
• D vs d: CP Violation in Beta Decay and Electric Dipole Moments
• The D coefficient in neutron beta decay in effective field theory
• Quasi-specular albedo of cold neutrons from powder of nanoparticles
• First Measurement of the Neutron $\beta$-Asymmetry with Ultracold Neutrons
• Beta asymmetry parameter in the decay of 114In
• Framework for maximum likelihood analysis of neutron beta decay observables to resolve the limits of the V-A law
• Experimental limits on neutron disappearance into another braneworld
• A solenoidal electron spectrometer for a precision measurement of the neutron $\beta$-asymmetry with ultracold neutrons
• Measuring the Neutron Lifetime Using Magnetically Trapped Neutrons
• Exchange correction for allowed $\beta$-decay
• Calculations of the dominant long-range, spin-independent contributions to the interaction energy between two nonrelativistic Dirac fermions from double-boson exchange of spin-0 and spin-1 bosons with spin-dependent couplings
• Parity-violating nucleon-nucleon interaction from different approaches
• Precision measurement of ${}^{210}$Bi $\beta$-spectrum
• Tests of Lorentz symmetry in single beta decay
• A next-generation inverse-geometry spallation-driven ultracold neutron source
• Unrecognized Backscattering in Low Energy Beta Spectroscopy
• Magnetic Field Devices for Neutron Spin Transport and Manipulation in Precise Neutron Spin Rotation Mesurements
• Experimental Upper Bound and Theoretical Expectations for Parity-Violating Neutron Spin Rotation in 4He
• Internal Consistency of Neutron Coherent Scattering Length Measurements from Neutron Interferometry and from Neutron Gravity Reflectometry for Exotic Yukawa Analyses
• A boron-coated CCD camera for direct detection of Ultracold Neutrons (UCN)
• Measurement of the total neutron scattering cross section ratios of noble gases of natural isotopic composition using a pulsed neutron beam
• The CPT-violating effects on neutrons' gravitational bound state
• Improving position resolution of neutron detectors with ultra-thin B4C foils
• Options for the Neutron Lifetime Measurements in Traps
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• Study of silicon photomultipliers for use in neutron decay experiments
• Nuclear and Particle Physics applications of the Bohm Picture of Quantum Mechanics