Upper bound on parity-violating neutron spin rotation in 4He

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作者
Snow, W. M. [1 ]
Bass, C. D. [2 ]
Bass, T. D. [2 ]
Crawford, B. E. [3 ]
Gan, K. [4 ]
Heckel, B. R. [5 ]
Luo, D. [1 ]
Markoff, D. M. [6 ]
Micherdzinska, A. M. [4 ]
Mumm, H. P. [2 ]
Nico, J. S. [2 ]
Opper, A. K. [4 ]
Sarsour, M. [7 ]
Sharapov, E. I. [8 ]
Swanson, H. E. [5 ]
Walbridge, S. B. [1 ]
Zhumabekova, V. [9 ]
机构
[1] Indiana Univ, CEEM, Bloomington, IN 47408 USA
[2] Natl Inst Stand & Technol, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA
[3] Gettysburg Coll, Gettysburg, PA 17325 USA
[4] George Washington Univ, Washington, DC 20052 USA
[5] Univ Washington, CENPA, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[6] N Carolina Cent Univ, TUNL, Durham, NC 27707 USA
[7] Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA
[8] Joint Inst Nucl Res, Dubna 141980, Russia
[9] Al Farabi Kazakh Natl Univ, Alma Ata 050038, Kazakhstan
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW C | 2011年 / 83卷 / 02期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
PROTON-PROTON-SCATTERING; CIRCULAR-POLARIZATION; NON-CONSERVATION; NONCONSERVATION; SEARCH;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevC.83.022501
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
We report an upper bound on parity-violating neutron spin rotation in He-4. This experiment is the most sensitive search for neutron-weak optical activity yet performed and represents a significant advance in precision in comparison to past measurements in heavy nuclei. The experiment was performed at the NG-6 slow-neutron beamline at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research. Our result for the neutron spin rotation angle per unit length in He-4 is d phi/dz = [+ 1.7 +/- 9.1(stat.) +/- 1.4(sys.)] x 10(-7) rad/m. The statistical uncertainty is smaller than current estimates of the range of possible values of d phi/dz in n+He-4.
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