Physics – Nuclear Physics – Nuclear Experiment
Scientific paper
2008-11-12
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Experiment
Submitted to the Conference Proceedings of the International Workshop on Particle Physics with Slow Neutrons 2008 held at the
Scientific paper
The current knowledge of the neutron $\beta$-decay lifetime has come under scrutiny as of late due to large disagreements between recent precise measurements. Measurements using magnetically trapped Ultra-Cold Neutrons (UCNs) offer the possibility of storage without spurious losses which can provide a reliable value for the neutron lifetime. The progress towards realizing a neutron lifetime measurement using a Ioffe-type trap made with a Halbach-type permanent octupole magnet is presented here. The experimental procedure extracts a gas of UCNs into vacuum, which reduces many known channels of neutron losses, and detects the neutron decays via in-situ detection of the produced protons.
Leung Kent
Zimmer Oliver
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