Published 1983 | Version v1
Book

Production and properties of ultracold neutrons

Creators

  • 1. Technische Univ. Muenchen, Garching (Germany, F.R.). Fakultaet fuer Physik

Description

One property of neutrons discovered by Zeld'dovitch in 1959 is that they can put in a bottle and carried home. This however only works for extremely slow, ultra cold neutrons which are not easy to produce. In 1969 Steyer (in Garching) and Lushchikov et al (in Dubna) solved some of the production problems and in 1971 the first successful containment of ultra cold neutron (UCNs) was achieved in Moscow. Since then UCNs have continued to be 'bottled up'. The methods and apparatus used in UCN research are unconventional and initial sceptism as to the value of UCNs had to be overcome. The production and properties of UCNs are summarized in this paper. (UK)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Institute of Physics.
Imprint Place
Bristol (UK)
ISBN
0-85498-155-1
Imprint Title
The neutron and its applications, 1982. Plenary and invited papers from the conference to mark the 50. anniversary of the discovery of the neutron held at Cambridge, 13-17 September 1982
Imprint Pagination
522 p.
Journal Issue
no.64
Series
Institute of Physics Conference Series.
Journal Page Range
p. 177-180.

Conference

Title
The neutron and its applications, 1982.
Dates
13-17 Sep 1982.
Place
Cambridge (UK).