TY - JOUR
T1 - Neutron decay with PERC
T2 - 5th European Conference on Neutron Scattering, ECNS 2011
AU - Konrad, G.
AU - Abele, H.
AU - Beck, M.
AU - Drescher, C.
AU - Dubbers, D.
AU - Erhart, J.
AU - Fillunger, H.
AU - Gösselsberger, C.
AU - Heil, W.
AU - Horvath, M.
AU - Jericha, E.
AU - Klauser, C.
AU - Klenke, J.
AU - Märkisch, B.
AU - Maix, R. K.
AU - Mest, H.
AU - Nowak, S.
AU - Rebrova, N.
AU - Roick, C.
AU - Sauerzopf, C.
AU - Schmidt, U.
AU - Soldner, T.
AU - Wang, X.
AU - Zimmer, O.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The PERC collaboration will perform high-precision measurements of angular correlations in neutron beta decay at the beam facility MEPHISTO of the Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz in Munich, Germany. The new beam station PERC, a clean, bright, and versatile source of neutron decay products, is designed to improve the sensitivity of neutron decay studies by one order of magnitude. The charged decay products are collected by a strong longitudinal magnetic field directly from inside a neutron guide. This combination provides the highest phase space density of decay products. A magnetic mirror serves to perform precise cuts in phase space, reducing related systematic errors. The new instrument PERC is under development by an international collaboration. The physics motivation, sensitivity, and applications of PERC as well as the status of the design and preliminary results on uncertainties in proton spectroscopy are presented in this paper.
AB - The PERC collaboration will perform high-precision measurements of angular correlations in neutron beta decay at the beam facility MEPHISTO of the Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz in Munich, Germany. The new beam station PERC, a clean, bright, and versatile source of neutron decay products, is designed to improve the sensitivity of neutron decay studies by one order of magnitude. The charged decay products are collected by a strong longitudinal magnetic field directly from inside a neutron guide. This combination provides the highest phase space density of decay products. A magnetic mirror serves to perform precise cuts in phase space, reducing related systematic errors. The new instrument PERC is under development by an international collaboration. The physics motivation, sensitivity, and applications of PERC as well as the status of the design and preliminary results on uncertainties in proton spectroscopy are presented in this paper.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/340/1/012048
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/340/1/012048
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84863376402
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 340
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
M1 - 012048
Y2 - 17 July 2011 through 21 July 2011
ER -