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Next Generation Experiments To Measure The Neutron Lifetime - Proceedings Of The 2012 Workshop Susan J Seestrom
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Next Generation Experiments To Measure The Neutron Lifetime - Proceedings Of The 2012 Workshop
Susan J Seestrom
There is a great interest in improving the limits on neutron lifetime to the level of a precision of 0.1 s. The neutron lifetime is both an important fundamental quantity as well as a parameter influencing important processes such as nucleosynthesis (Helium production in the early universe) and the rate of energy production in the Sun.
Aiming to create a roadmap of R&D for a next generation neutron lifetime experiment that can be endorsed by the North American neutron community, the focus of the workshop was on experiments using traps that utilize ultracold neutrons and confinement by a combination of magnetic and/or gravitational interaction in order to avoid systematic uncertainties introduced by neutron interactions with material walls. The papers in this volume summarize the limitations of present experiments, the discussion of new experiments in planning stage, and the discussion of systematic effects that must be addressed to achieve a lifetime measurement at an accuracy of 0.1 second.
Cover image courtesy of Elena Fernandez, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Readership: Graduate students and researchers in nuclear and particle physics.
192 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 20, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9789814571661 |
| Publishers | World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd |
| Pages | 194 |
| Dimensions | 147 × 229 × 23 mm · 635 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Seestrom, Susan J (Los Alomos Nat'l Lab, Usa) |
