A solenoidal electron spectrometer for a precision measurement of the neutron β-asymmetry with ultracold neutrons

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 595, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 587-598

  Plaster, B ^a,b   Carr, R ^a   Filippone, B W ^a   Harrison, D ^c   Hsiao, J ^a   Ito, T M ^a,d   Liu, J ^a   Martin, J W ^a,c   Tipton, B ^a   Yuan, J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low energy electron magnetic spectrometer; Neutron decay; Ultracold neutrons

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; NEUTRON REFLECTION; NEUTRONS; SOLENOIDS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS;

ELECTRON DETECTORS; ELECTRON SPECTROMETERS; LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER; MULTI-WIRE PROPORTIONAL CHAMBERS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; PRECISION MEASUREMENTS; SOLENOIDAL FIELDS; ULTRACOLD NEUTRONS;

SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 52149090974     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.143     Document Type: Article

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