2008/11/12 by K. K. H. Leung, Kent Leung, Oliver Zimmer +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) #Nuclear Physics and Applications #nucl-ex
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0811.1940
Submitted to the Conference Proceedings of the International Workshop on Particle Physics with Slow Neutrons 2008 held at the ILL, France. To be published in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A
openalex publication_date 2008/11/12 · arxiv created 2009/02/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The current knowledge of the neutron β-decay lifetime has come under scrutiny as of late due to large disagreements between recent precise measurements. Measurements using magnetically trapped Ultra-Cold Neutrons (UCNs) offer the possibility of storage without spurious losses which can provide a reliable value for the neutron lifetime. The progress towards realizing a neutron lifetime measurement using a Ioffe-type trap made with a Halbach-type permanent octupole magnet is presented here. The experimental procedure extracts a gas of UCNs into vacuum, which reduces many known channels of neutron losses, and detects the neutron decays via in-situ detection of the produced protons.