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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…
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…
Improved limits on Fierz Interference using asymmetry measurements from the UCNA experiment
Xuan Sun, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier +56
The Ultracold Neutron Asymmetry (UCNA) experiment was designed to measure the -decay asymmetry parameter, , for free neutron decay. In the experiment, polarized ultracold n…
Final results for the neutron -asymmetry parameter from the UCNA experiment
B. Plaster, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier +91
The UCNA experiment was designed to measure the neutron -asymmetry parameter using polarized ultracold neutrons (UCN). UCN produced via downscattering in solid deuterium w…
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_…
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…
Measurement of the neutron lifetime using a magneto-gravitational trap
Nathan Callahan
Precision measurements of the free neutron lifetime , when combined with measurements of the axial vector form factor, can be used to test unitarity of the CKM matrix. Non-uni…
Search for dark matter decay of the free neutron from the UCNA experiment: n
X. Sun, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier +57
It has been proposed recently that a previously unobserved neutron decay branch to a dark matter particle () could account for the discrepancy in the neutron lifetime observed i…
Search for the Neutron Decay n X+ where X is a dark matter particle
Z. Tang, M. Blatnik, L. J. Broussard +21
In a recent paper submitted to Physical Review Letters, Fornal and Grinstein have suggested that the discrepancy between two different methods of neutron lifetime measurements, the…
New result for the neutron -asymmetry parameter from UCNA
M. A. -P. Brown, E. B. Dees, E. Adamek +56
The neutron -decay asymmetry parameter defines the correlation between the spin of the neutron and the momentum of the emitted electron, which determines $λ=\frac{g_{A}}{g…
First direct constraints on Fierz interference in free neutron decay
K. P. Hickerson, X. Sun, Y. Bagdasarova +40
Precision measurements of free neutron -decay have been used to precisely constrain our understanding of the weak interaction. However the neutron Fierz interference term ,…
Measurement of the neutron lifetime using an asymmetric magneto- gravitational trap and in situ detection
R. W. Pattie, N. B. Callahan, C. Cude-Woods +35
The precise value of the mean neutron lifetime, , plays an important role in nuclear and particle physics and cosmology. It is a key input for predicting the ratio of protons…
Measurements of ultracold neutron upscattering and absorption in polyethylene and vanadium
E. I. Sharapov, C. L. Morris, M. Makela +27
The study of neutron cross sections for elements used as efficient ``absorbers'' of ultracold neutrons (UCN) is crucial for many precision experiments in nuclear and particle physi…
Precision Measurement of the Neutron Beta-Decay Asymmetry
M. P. Mendenhall, R. W. Pattie, Y. Bagdasarova +38
A new measurement of the neutron -decay asymmetry has been carried out by the UCNA collaboration using polarized ultracold neutrons (UCN) from the solid deuterium UCN sour…