Limits on the Fierz interference term in neutron beta decay with PERKEO III
Creators
- 1. Atominstitut, TU Wien (Austria)
- 2. Physik Department ENE, TU Muenchen (Germany)
- 3. Physikalisches Institut, Universitaet Heidelberg (Germany)
- 4. Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble (France)
Description
Neutron beta decay provides an excellent toolkit for the investigation of the structure of the weak interaction and potential deviations from the predictions of the standard model of particle physics. Measuring the beta asymmetry provides the most precise way to determine the ratio of axialvector- and vector-coupling, λ, and is also sensitive to non-zero scalar and tensor couplings via the Fierz interference term, b. The neutron decay spectrometer Perkeo III was used to measure several correlation coefficients in neutron beta decay and performed the most precise measurement of the beta asymmetry at the PF1B beam at the Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble. In this talk we present the result of an energy-dependent analysis of the experimental beta asymmetry which yields limits on the Fierz interference term.
Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
- Journal Issue
- Bochum 2018 issue
- Series
- Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 53(1)
- Journal Page Range
- [1 p.]
- ISSN
- 0420-0195
- CODEN
- VDPEAZ
Conference
- Title
- 2018 DPG Spring meeting with the division of physics of hadrons and nuclei and the working group young DPG
- Original Conference Title
- DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2018 des Fachverbands Physik der Hadronen und Kerne und des Arbeitskreises Junge DPG
- Dates
- 26 Feb - 2 Mar 2018
- Place
- Bochum (Germany)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 50010703
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ASYMMETRY; CORRELATIONS; INTERFERENCE; NEUTRONS; SEMILEPTONIC DECAY
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE DECAY; WEAK PARTICLE DECAY
Optional Information
- Notes
- Session: HK 11.2 Mo 17:00; No further information available