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High Performance Data Acquisition And Analysis Routines For The Nab Experiment, David Mathews
High Performance Data Acquisition And Analysis Routines For The Nab Experiment, David Mathews
Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy
Probes of the Standard Model of particle physics are pushing further and further into the so-called “precision frontier”. In order to reach the precision goals of these experiments, a combination of elegant experimental design and robust data acquisition and analysis is required. Two experiments that embody this philosophy are the Nab and Calcium-45 experiments. These experiments are probing the understanding of the weak interaction by examining the beta decay of the free neutron and Calcium-45 respectively. They both aim to measure correlation parameters in the neutron beta decay alphabet, a and b. The parameter a, the electron-neutrino correlation coefficient, is …
A Detection And Data Acquisition System For Precision Beta Decay Spectroscopy, Aaron P. Jezghani
A Detection And Data Acquisition System For Precision Beta Decay Spectroscopy, Aaron P. Jezghani
Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy
Free neutron and nuclear beta decay spectroscopy serves as a robust laboratory for investigations of the Standard Model of Particle Physics. Observables such as decay product angular correlations and energy spectra overconstrain the Standard Model and serve as a sensitive probe for Beyond the Standard Model physics. Improved measurement of these quantities is necessary to complement the TeV scale physics being conducted at the Large Hadron Collider. The UCNB, 45Ca, and Nab experiments aim to improve upon existing measurements of free neutron decay angular correlations and set new limits in the search for exotic couplings in beta decay. To …
Search For Dark Matter Decay Of The Free Neutron From The Ucna Experiment: N → Χ + E+E−, X. Sun, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier, M. Blatnik, T. J. Bowles, L. J. Broussard, M. A. -P. Brown, R. Carr, S. Clayton, C. Cude-Woods, S. Currie, E. B. Dees, X. Ding, B. W. Filippone, A. García, P. Geltenbort, S. Hasan, K. P. Hickerson, J. Hoagland, R. Hong, G. E. Hogan, A. T. Holley, T. M. Ito, A. Knecht, C. -Y. Liu, J. Liu, M. Makela, R. Mammei, J. W. Martin, D. Melconian, Subash C. Nepal, Bradley R. Plaster
Search For Dark Matter Decay Of The Free Neutron From The Ucna Experiment: N → Χ + E+E−, X. Sun, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier, M. Blatnik, T. J. Bowles, L. J. Broussard, M. A. -P. Brown, R. Carr, S. Clayton, C. Cude-Woods, S. Currie, E. B. Dees, X. Ding, B. W. Filippone, A. García, P. Geltenbort, S. Hasan, K. P. Hickerson, J. Hoagland, R. Hong, G. E. Hogan, A. T. Holley, T. M. Ito, A. Knecht, C. -Y. Liu, J. Liu, M. Makela, R. Mammei, J. W. Martin, D. Melconian, Subash C. Nepal, Bradley R. Plaster
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications
It has been proposed recently that a previously unobserved neutron decay branch to a dark matter particle (χ) could account for the discrepancy in the neutron lifetime observed in experiments that use two different measurement techniques. One of the possible final states discussed includes a single χ along with an e+e− pair. We use data from the UCNA (Ultracold Neutron Asymmetry) experiment to set limits on this decay channel. Coincident electron-like events are detected with ∼4π acceptance using a pair of detectors that observe a volume of stored ultracold neutrons. The summed kinetic energy (Ee …
New Result For The Neutron Β-Asymmetry Parameter A0 From Ucna, M. A.-P. Brown, E. B. Dees, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier, M. Blatnik, T. J. Bowles, L. J. Broussard, R. Carr, S. Clayton, C. Cude-Woods, S. Currie, X. Ding, B. W. Filippone, A. García, P. Geltenbort, S. Hasan, K. P. Hickerson, J. Hoagland, R. Hong, G. E. Hogan, A. T. Holley, T. M. Ito, A. Knecht, C. -Y. Liu, J. Liu, M. Makela, J. W. Martin, D. Melconian, M. P. Mendenhall, S. D. Moore, Subash C. Nepal, N. Nouri, Bradley R. Plaster
New Result For The Neutron Β-Asymmetry Parameter A0 From Ucna, M. A.-P. Brown, E. B. Dees, E. Adamek, B. Allgeier, M. Blatnik, T. J. Bowles, L. J. Broussard, R. Carr, S. Clayton, C. Cude-Woods, S. Currie, X. Ding, B. W. Filippone, A. García, P. Geltenbort, S. Hasan, K. P. Hickerson, J. Hoagland, R. Hong, G. E. Hogan, A. T. Holley, T. M. Ito, A. Knecht, C. -Y. Liu, J. Liu, M. Makela, J. W. Martin, D. Melconian, M. P. Mendenhall, S. D. Moore, Subash C. Nepal, N. Nouri, Bradley R. Plaster
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications
Background: The neutron β-decay asymmetry parameter A0 defines the angular correlation between the spin of the neutron and the momentum of the emitted electron. Values for A0 permit an extraction of the ratio of the weak axial-vector to vector coupling constants, λ ≡ gA/gV, which under assumption of the conserved vector current hypothesis (gV = 1) determines gA. Precise values for gA are important as a benchmark for lattice QCD calculations and as a test of the standard model.
Purpose: The UCNA experiment, carried out at the …
First Direct Constraints On Fierz Interference In Free-Neutron Β Decay, K. P. Hickerson, X. Sun, Y. Bagdasarova, D. Bravo-Berguño, L. J. Broussard, M. A. -P. Brown, R. Carr, S. Currie, X. Ding, B. W. Filippone, A. García, P. Geltenbort, J. Hoagland, A. T. Holley, R. Hong, T. M. Ito, A. Knecht, C. -Y. Liu, J. L. Liu, M. Makela, R. R. Mammei, J. W. Martin, D. Melconian, M. P. Mendenhall, S. D. Moore, C. L. Morris, R. W. Pattie Jr., A. Pérez Galván, R. Picker, M. L. Pitt, Bradley R. Plaster
First Direct Constraints On Fierz Interference In Free-Neutron Β Decay, K. P. Hickerson, X. Sun, Y. Bagdasarova, D. Bravo-Berguño, L. J. Broussard, M. A. -P. Brown, R. Carr, S. Currie, X. Ding, B. W. Filippone, A. García, P. Geltenbort, J. Hoagland, A. T. Holley, R. Hong, T. M. Ito, A. Knecht, C. -Y. Liu, J. L. Liu, M. Makela, R. R. Mammei, J. W. Martin, D. Melconian, M. P. Mendenhall, S. D. Moore, C. L. Morris, R. W. Pattie Jr., A. Pérez Galván, R. Picker, M. L. Pitt, Bradley R. Plaster
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications
Precision measurements of free-neutron β decay have been used to precisely constrain our understanding of the weak interaction. However, the neutron Fierz interference term bn, which is particularly sensitive to beyond-standard-model tensor currents at the TeV scale, has thus far eluded measurement. Here we report the first direct constraints on this term, finding bn = 0.067 ± 0.005stat+0.090-0.061sys, consistent with the standard model. The uncertainty is dominated by absolute energy reconstruction and the linearity of the β spectrometer energy response.
Precision Measurement Of The Radiative Β Decay Of The Free Neutron, M. J. Bales, R. Alarcon, C. D. Bass, E. J. Beise, H. Breuer, J. Byrne, T. E. Chupp, K. J. Coakley, R. L. Cooper, M. S. Dewey, Susan Gardner, T. R. Gentile, D. He, H. P. Mumm, J. S. Nico, B. O'Neill, A. K. Thompson, F. E. Wietfeldt
Precision Measurement Of The Radiative Β Decay Of The Free Neutron, M. J. Bales, R. Alarcon, C. D. Bass, E. J. Beise, H. Breuer, J. Byrne, T. E. Chupp, K. J. Coakley, R. L. Cooper, M. S. Dewey, Susan Gardner, T. R. Gentile, D. He, H. P. Mumm, J. S. Nico, B. O'Neill, A. K. Thompson, F. E. Wietfeldt
Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications
The standard model predicts that, in addition to a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino, a continuous spectrum of photons is emitted in the β decay of the free neutron. We report on the RDK II experiment which measured the photon spectrum using two different detector arrays. An annular array of bismuth germanium oxide scintillators detected photons from 14 to 782 keV. The spectral shape was consistent with theory, and we determined a branching ratio of 0.00335 ± 0.00005[stat] ± 0.00015[syst]. A second detector array of large area avalanche photodiodes directly detected photons from 0.4 to 14 keV. For this …