Author : Susan J Seestrom
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814571687
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (145 download)
Book Synopsis Next Generation Experiments To Measure The Neutron Lifetime - Proceedings Of The Workshop by : Susan J Seestrom
Download or read book Next Generation Experiments To Measure The Neutron Lifetime - Proceedings Of The Workshop written by Susan J Seestrom and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Fernández, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
