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New result for the neutron $��$-asymmetry parameter $A_0$ from UCNA
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- arXiv, 2017.
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Abstract
- The neutron $��$-decay asymmetry parameter $A_0$ defines the correlation between the spin of the neutron and the momentum of the emitted electron, which determines $��=\frac{g_{A}}{g_{V}}$, the ratio of the axial-vector to vector weak coupling constants. The UCNA Experiment, located at the Ultracold Neutron facility at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, is the first to measure such a correlation coefficient using ultracold neutrons (UCN). Following improvements to the systematic uncertainties and increased statistics, we report the new result $A_0 = -0.12054(44)_{\mathrm{stat}}(68)_{\mathrm{syst}}$ which yields $��\equiv \frac{g_{A}}{g_{V}}=-1.2783(22)$. Combination with the previous UCNA result and accounting for correlated systematic uncertainties produces $A_0=-0.12015(34)_{\mathrm{stat}}(63)_{\mathrm{syst}}$ and $��\equiv \frac{g_{A}}{g_{V}}=-1.2772(20)$.<br />9 pages, 7 figures, updated to as-published version
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d3406dc130be179ec9edc4d674464bda
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1712.00884