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Cold neutron energy dependent production of ultracold neutrons in solid deuterium

  • F. Atchison
  • , B. Blau
  • , K. Bodek
  • , B. Van Den Brandt
  • , T. Bryś
  • , M. Daum
  • , P. Fierlinger
  • , A. Frei
  • , P. Geltenbort
  • , P. Hautle
  • , R. Henneck
  • , S. Heule
  • , A. Holley
  • , M. Kasprzak
  • , K. Kirch
  • , A. Knecht
  • , J. A. Konter
  • , M. Kuźniak
  • , C. Y. Liu
  • , C. L. Morris
  • A. Pichlmaier, C. Plonka, Y. Pokotilovski, A. Saunders, Y. Shin, D. Tortorella, M. Wohlmuther, A. R. Young, J. Zejma, G. Zsigmond

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Abstract

A measurement of the production of ultracold neutrons from velocity-selected cold neutrons on gaseous and solid deuterium targets is reported. The expected energy dependence for two-particle collisions with well defined neutron and Maxwell-Boltzmann distributed molecular velocities is found for the gas target. The solid target data agree in shape with the phonon density-of-states curve and provide strong evidence for the phonon model including multiphonon excitations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number262502
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume99
Issue number26
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Dec 2007
Externally publishedYes

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