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20182026
most citedThe Nab Experiment: A Precision Measurement of Unpolarized Neutron Beta Decay

27 citations · 50 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

physics.ins-det2026

A gaseous-helium cooling system for silicon detectors in the Nab experiment

Love Richburg, Noah Birge, Nadia Fomin +40

The Nab experiment aims to extract the neutron beta decay correlation coefficients 'a' and 'b'. This will be accomplished using a 7 m tall electromagnetic spectrometer which measur…

physics.ins-det2025

From Commissioning to Precision Data-Taking: Resolving Operational Challenges in the Nab Detector Systems

L. J. Broussard, H. Acharya, R. Alarcon +36

Our understanding of the weak mixing of quarks, described by the Cabibbo Kobayashi Maskawa (CKM) matrix, currently presents an anomaly. Thanks to major strides in both theory and e…

nucl-ex2025

First Full Dalitz Plot Measurement in Neutron -Decay using the Nab Spectrometer and Implications for New Physics

Francisco M. Gonzalez, Jin Ha Choi, Himal Acharya +89

Precision measurements of observables in neutron -decay are used to test the Standard Model description of the weak interaction and search for evidence of new physics. The Nab e…

physics.ins-det2024

A Flexible Data Acquisition System Architecture for the Nab Experiment

D. G. Mathews, H. Acharya, C. B. Crawford +15

The Nab experiment will measure the electron-neutrino correlation and Fierz interference term in free neutron beta decay to test the Standard Model and probe Beyond the Standard Mo…

nucl-ex2022★ 4 cited

Precision pulse shape simulation for proton detection at the Nab experiment

Leendert Hayen, Jin Ha Choi, Dustin Combs +22

The Nab experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA, aims to measure the beta-antineutrino angular correlation following neutron decay to an anticipated precision of appro…

physics.ins-det2020★ 1 cited

A Recursive Method for Real-Time Waveform Fitting with Background Noise Rejection

A. P. Jezghani, L. J. Broussard, C. B. Crawford

We present here a technique for developing a high-throughput algorithm to fit a combination of template pulse shapes while simultaneously subtracting parameterized background noise…

nucl-ex2018★ 18 cited

Using Nab to determine correlations in unpolarized neutron decay

L. J. Broussard, S. Baeßler, T. L. Bailey +28

The Nab experiment will measure the ratio of the weak axial-vector and vector coupling constants with precision and search for a Fierz term $b_…

nucl-ex2018★ 27 cited

The Nab Experiment: A Precision Measurement of Unpolarized Neutron Beta Decay

J. Fry, R. Alarcon, S. Baessler +69

Neutron beta decay is one of the most fundamental processes in nuclear physics and provides sensitive means to uncover the details of the weak interaction. Neutron beta decay can e…