EXPERIMENTAL LIMIT ON PARITY VIOLATION IN NONRESONANT NEUTRON-NUCLEUSSCATTERING

Authors
BOWMAN JD DELHEIJ PPJ FRANKLE CM GOULD CR HAASE DG KNUDSON JN MITCHELL GE PENTTILA S POSTMA H ROBERSON NR SEESTROM SJ SZYMANSKI JJ YEH JJ YOO SH YUAN VW ZHU X
Citation
Jd. Bowman et al., EXPERIMENTAL LIMIT ON PARITY VIOLATION IN NONRESONANT NEUTRON-NUCLEUSSCATTERING, Physical review. C. Nuclear physics, 48(3), 1993, pp. 1116-1119
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Physical review. C. Nuclear physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
05562813
Volume
48
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1116 - 1119
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2813(1993)48:3<1116:ELOPVI>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The parity-nonconserving longitudinal asymmetry P has been measured in nonresonant regions in Th-232 for neutron energies in the range 6-86 eV. The measured value of P(nonres)=(9.8+/-21.7) X 10(-6) is consisten t with statistical descriptions of parity violation.