Neutron decay correlations in the Nab experiment

L. J. Broussard; R. Alarcon; S Baeßler; L. Barrón Palos; N. Birge; T. Bode; J. D. Bowman; T. Brunst; J. R. Calarco; J. Caylor; T. Chupp; V. Cianciolo; C. Crawford; G. W. Dodson; J. DuBois; W. Fan; W. Farrar; N. Fomin; E. Frlež; J. Fry; M. T. Gericke; F. Glück; G. L. Greene; R. K. Grzywacz; V. Gudkov; C. Hendrus; F. W. Hersman; T. Ito; H. Li; N. Macsai; M. F. Makela; J. Mammei; R. Mammei; J. Martin; M. Martinez; P. L. McGaughey; S. Mertens; J. Mirabal-Martinez; P. Mueller; S. A. Page; S. I. Penttilä; R. Picker; B. Plaster; D. Počanić; D. C. Radford; J. Ramsey; K. P. Rykaczewski; A. Salas-Bacci; E. M. Scott; S. K. L. Sjue; A. Smith; E. Smith; A. Sprow; E. Stevens; J. Wexler; R. Whitehead; W. S. Wilburn; A. R. Young; B. A. Zeck

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Neutron decay correlations in the Nab experiment

L. J. Broussard¹, R. Alarcon², S Baeßler^1,3, L. Barrón Palos⁴, N. Birge⁵, T. Bode⁶, J. D. Bowman¹, T. Brunst⁶, J. R. Calarco⁷, J. Caylor⁵, T. Chupp⁸, V. Cianciolo¹, C. Crawford⁹, G. W. Dodson¹, J. DuBois³, W. Fan³, W. Farrar³, N. Fomin⁵, E. Frlež³, J. Fry³, M. T. Gericke¹⁰, F. Glück¹¹, G. L. Greene^1,5, R. K. Grzywacz⁵, V. Gudkov¹², C. Hendrus⁸, F. W. Hersman⁷, T. Ito¹³, H. Li³, N. Macsai¹⁰, M. F. Makela¹³, J. Mammei¹⁰, R. Mammei¹⁴, J. Martin¹⁴, M. Martinez², P. L. McGaughey¹³, S. Mertens⁶, J. Mirabal-Martinez¹³, P. Mueller¹, S. A. Page¹⁰, S. I. Penttilä¹, R. Picker¹⁵, B. Plaster⁹, D. Počanić³, D. C. Radford¹, J. Ramsey¹³, K. P. Rykaczewski¹, A. Salas-Bacci³, E. M. Scott⁵, S. K. L. Sjue¹³, A. Smith³, E. Smith¹³, A. Sprow⁹, E. Stevens³, J. Wexler¹⁶, R. Whitehead⁵, W. S. Wilburn¹³, A. R. Young¹⁶ and B. A. Zeck^13,16

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Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 876, XL Symposium on Nuclear Physics 2017 (Cocoyoc2017) 4–7 January 2017, Cocoyoc, Morelos, México Citation L. J. Broussard et al 2017 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 876 012005 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/876/1/012005

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The Nab experiment will measure the correlation a between the momenta of the beta particle and antineutrino in neutron decay as well as the Fierz term b which distorts the beta spectrum.

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