EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2019)
Status of the UCNτ experiment
- Pattie R.W.,
- Callahan N.B.,
- Cude-Woods C.,
- Adamek E.R.,
- Adams M.,
- Barlow D.,
- Blatnik M.,
- D. Bowman,
- Broussard L.J.,
- Clayton S.,
- Currie S.,
- Dees E.B.,
- Ding X.,
- Fellers D.,
- Fox W.,
- Fries E.,
- Gonzalez F.,
- Geltenbort P.,
- Hickerson K.P.,
- Hoffbauer M.A.,
- Hoffman K.,
- Holley A.T.,
- Howard D.,
- Ito T.M.,
- Komives A.,
- Liu C.Y.,
- M. Makela,
- Medina J.,
- Morley D.,
- Morris C.L.,
- O'Connor T.,
- Penttilä S.I.,
- Ramsey J.C.,
- Roberts A.,
- Salvat D.,
- Saunders A.,
- Seestrom S.J.,
- Sharapov E.I.,
- Sjue S.K.L.,
- Snow W.M.,
- Sprow A.,
- Vanderwerp J.,
- Vogelaar B.,
- P.L. Walstrom,
- Wang Z.,
- Weaver H.,
- Wexler J.,
- Womack T.L.,
- Young A.R.,
- Zeck B.A.
Affiliations
- Pattie R.W.
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- Callahan N.B.
- Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter and Department of Physics, Indiana University
- Cude-Woods C.
- Adamek E.R.
- Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter and Department of Physics, Indiana University
- Adams M.
- Department of Physics, Tennessee Technical University
- Barlow D.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Blatnik M.
- Kellog Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- D. Bowman
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Broussard L.J.
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Clayton S.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Currie S.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Dees E.B.
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory and Physics Department, North Carolina State University
- Ding X.
- Department of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Fellers D.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Fox W.
- Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter and Department of Physics, Indiana University
- Fries E.
- Kellog Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- Gonzalez F.
- Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter and Department of Physics, Indiana University
- Geltenbort P.
- Institut Laue-Langevin
- Hickerson K.P.
- Kellog Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
- Hoffbauer M.A.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Hoffman K.
- Department of Physics, Tennessee Technical University
- Holley A.T.
- Department of Physics, Tennessee Technical University
- Howard D.
- Department of Physics, Tennessee Technical University
- Ito T.M.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Komives A.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, DePauw University
- Liu C.Y.
- Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter and Department of Physics, Indiana University
- M. Makela
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Medina J.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Morley D.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Morris C.L.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- O'Connor T.
- Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter and Department of Physics, Indiana University
- Penttilä S.I.
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Ramsey J.C.
- Roberts A.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Salvat D.
- Center for Experimental Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics, University of Washington
- Saunders A.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Seestrom S.J.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Sharapov E.I.
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
- Sjue S.K.L.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Snow W.M.
- Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter and Department of Physics, Indiana University
- Sprow A.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kentucky
- Vanderwerp J.
- Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter and Department of Physics, Indiana University
- Vogelaar B.
- Department of Physics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- P.L. Walstrom
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Wang Z.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Weaver H.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Wexler J.
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory and Physics Department, North Carolina State University
- Womack T.L.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Young A.R.
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory and Physics Department, North Carolina State University
- Zeck B.A.
- Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory and Physics Department, North Carolina State University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921903004
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 219
p. 03004
Abstract
The neutron is the simplest nuclear system that can be used to probe the structure of the weak interaction and search for physics beyond the standard model. Measurements of neutron lifetime and β-decay correlation coefficients with precisions of 0.02% and 0.1%, respectively, would allow for stringent constraints on new physics. The UCNτ experiment uses an asymmetric magneto-gravitational UCN trap with in situ counting of surviving neutrons to measure the neutron lifetime, τn = 877.7s (0.7s)stat (+0.4/−0.2s)sys. We discuss the recent result from UCNτ, the status of ongoing data collection and analysis, and the path toward a 0.25 s measurement of the neutron lifetime with UCNτ.
