Study of neutron beta decay with the Nab experiment

Stefan Baeßler; Himal Acharya; Ricardo Alarcon; Leah J. Broussard; Michael Bowler; David Bowman; Jin Ha Choi; Love Christie; Tim Chupp; Skylar Clymer; Christopher Crawford; George Dodson; Nadia Fomin; Jason Fry; Michael Gericke; Rebecca Godri; Francisco M. Gonzalez; Geoff Greene; Andrew Hagemeier; Josh Hamblen; Leendert Hayen; Chelsea Hendrus; Aaron Jezghani; Huangxing Li; Nick Macsai; Mark Makela; Russell Mammei; David G. Mathews; August Mendelsohn; Paul Mueller; Austin Nelsen; Jordan O’Kronley; Seppo Penttila; Jason Pioquinto; Dinko Počanić; Hitesh Rahangdale; John Ramsey; Alexander Saunders; Wolfgang Schreyer; Elizabeth Mae Scott; Aryaman Singh; Leonard Tinius; Albert R. Young

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202430305001

Study of neutron beta decay with the Nab experiment

Stefan Baeßler, Himal Acharya, Ricardo Alarcon, Leah J. Broussard, Michael Bowler, David Bowman, Jin Ha Choi, Love Christie, Tim Chupp, Skylar Clymer, Christopher Crawford, George Dodson, Nadia Fomin, Jason Fry, Michael Gericke, Rebecca Godri, Francisco M. Gonzalez, Geoff Greene, Andrew Hagemeier, Josh HamblenLeendert Hayen, Chelsea Hendrus, Aaron Jezghani, Huangxing Li, Nick Macsai, Mark Makela, Russell Mammei, David G. Mathews, August Mendelsohn, Paul Mueller, Austin Nelsen, Jordan O’Kronley, Seppo Penttila, Jason Pioquinto, Dinko Počanić, Hitesh Rahangdale, John Ramsey, Alexander Saunders, Wolfgang Schreyer, Elizabeth Mae Scott, Aryaman Singh, Leonard Tinius, Albert R. Young

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Abstract

The current three sigma tension in the unitarity test of the Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix is a notable problem with the Standard Model of elementary particle physics. A long-standing goal of the study of free neutron beta decay is to better determine the CKM element V_ud through measurements of the neutron lifetime and a decay correlation parameter. The Nab collaboration intends to measure a, the neutrino-electron correlation, with accuracy sufficient for a competitive evaluation of V_ud based on neutron decay data alone. This paper gives a status report and an outlook.

Original language	English
Article number	05001
Journal	EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume	303
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202430305001
State	Published - Sep 25 2024
Event	16th International Conference on Meson-Nucleon Physics and the Structure of the Nucleon, MENU 2023 - Mainz, Germany Duration: Oct 16 2023 → Oct 20 2023

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This research used resources at the SNS, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. We acknowledge the support from DOE, the National Science Foundation, the University of Virginia, Arizona State University, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and Triangle University Nuclear Laboratory.

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U.S. Department of Energy Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project Oak Ridge National Laboratory Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Natural Science Foundation of China
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Arizona State University
U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering
Triangle University Nuclear Laboratory

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General Physics and Astronomy

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Baeßler, S., Acharya, H., Alarcon, R., Broussard, L. J., Bowler, M., Bowman, D., Choi, J. H., Christie, L., Chupp, T., Clymer, S., Crawford, C., Dodson, G., Fomin, N., Fry, J., Gericke, M., Godri, R., Gonzalez, F. M., Greene, G., Hagemeier, A., ... Young, A. R. (2024). Study of neutron beta decay with the Nab experiment. EPJ Web of Conferences, 303, Article 05001. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202430305001

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