Status of the UCNτ Experiment

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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 UCN τ  experiment uses an asymmetric magneto-gravitational UCN trap with in situ counting of surviving neutrons to measure the neutron lifetime, \tau_n=877.7(0.7)_{stat}(+0.3 /-0.1 )_{sys}s. I will discuss the recent result from UCN τ , the status of ongoing data collection and analysis, and the path toward a 0.2 s measurement of the neutron lifetime with UCN τ .
Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - May 25 2018
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Workshop on Particle Physics with Slow Neutrons - Grenoble, France
Duration: May 25 2018 → …

Conference

ConferenceInternational Workshop on Particle Physics with Slow Neutrons
Period5/25/18 → …

Keywords

  • UCNτ
  • UCNτ Experiment
  • status update

Disciplines

  • Physics

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