用一个极化He细胞进行中子极度测量,用于aCORN实验.
B C Schafer1, W A Byron2, W C Chen3,4
1Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323.
概括
对于aCORN实验的中子极化,使用极化-3旋转波器进行测量. 发现中子极化小于4x10^-4,确保了中子β衰变研究的高精度.
科学领域:
- 核物理 核物理 核物理
- 粒子物理学 粒子物理学
- 计量学 计量学 计量学
背景情况:
- 精确测量中子极化对于诸如中子β衰变之类的基本物理实验至关重要.
- 在NIST中子研究中心的NG-C光束线被用于这些调查.
研究的目的:
- 为了准确测量NG-C光线的中子极化.
- 为了确定aCORN中子β衰变实验所需的精度.
主要方法:
- 使用偏振的3He旋转芯测量中子传输.
- 采用基快速通道 (AFP) 核磁共振 (NMR) 来逆转3He极化.
- 开发了一种包含中子光谱和3He偏振损失的模型,用于数据分析.
主要成果:
- 在NG-C光束光谱中平均的中子极化被确定为小于或等于4x10^-4 (90%的信心).
- 时间依赖的传输数据成功地与开发的模型相匹配.
结论:
- 测量的中子极化极为低,符合高精度中子β衰变测量的严格要求.
- 该方法提供了一种可靠的方法来表征中子束极化.
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