The Beta-, Neutrino- and Proton-Asymmetry in Neutron β-Decay

J Res Natl Inst Stand Technol. 2005 Aug 1;110(4):377-81. doi: 10.6028/jres.110.056. Print 2005 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

This article describes measurements of angular-correlation coefficients in the decay of free neutrons with the superconducting spectrometer PERKEO II. A method for measuring the β-asymmetry coefficient A is presented, as well as a new method for determining the neutrino-asymmetry coefficient B, which allows a value for the proton-asymmetry coefficient C to be obtained for the first time. An ongoing experiment is trying to improve the accuracy of these quantities.

Keywords: angular-correlation coefficients; neutron β-decay.