Towards a first measurement of the free neutron bound beta decay detecting hydrogen atoms at a throughgoing beamtube in a high flux reactor

Wolfgang Schott, Erwin Gutsmiedl, Karina Bernert +9

In addition to the common 3-body decay of the neutron $n\to p{e}^{-}\overline{{\nu }_e}$ there should exist an effective 2-body subset with the electron and proton forming a Hydrog…