Progress towards magnetic trapping of ultra-cold neutrons

Authors
Huffman, PR Brome, CR Butterworth, JS Coakley, KJ Dewey, MS Dzhosyuk, SN Gilliam, DM Golub, R Greene, GL Habicht, K Lamoreaux, SK Mattoni, CEH McKinsey, DN Wietfeldt, FE Doyle, JM
Citation
Pr. Huffman et al., Progress towards magnetic trapping of ultra-cold neutrons, NUCL INST A, 440(3), 2000, pp. 522-527
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
440
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
522 - 527
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20000211)440:3<522:PTMTOU>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We report progress towards magnetic trapping: of ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) in preparation for a neutron lifetime measurement. UCN will be produced by inelastic scattering of cold (0.89 nm) neutrons in a reservoir of superflui d He-4 and confined in a three-dimensional magnetic trap. As the trapped ne utrons decay, recoil electrons will generate scintillations in the liquid H e, which should be detectable with nearly 100% efficiency. This direct meas ure of the number of UCN decays vs, time can be used to determine the neutr on beta-decay lifetime. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.