A solenoidal electron spectrometer for a precision measurement of the neutron β-asymmetry with ultracold neutrons

B. Plaster; R. Carr; B. W. Filippone; D. Harrison; J. Hsiao; T. M. Ito; J. Liu; J. W. Martin; B. Tipton; J. Yuan

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.143

A solenoidal electron spectrometer for a precision measurement of the neutron β-asymmetry with ultracold neutrons

B. Plaster
, R. Carr
, B. W. Filippone
, D. Harrison
, J. Hsiao
, T. M. Ito
, J. Liu
, J. W. Martin
, B. Tipton
, J. Yuan

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Resumen

We describe an electron spectrometer designed for a precision measurement of the neutron β-asymmetry with spin-polarized ultracold neutrons. The spectrometer consists of a 1.0-T solenoidal field with two identical multiwire proportional chamber and plastic scintillator electron detector packages situated within 0.6-T field-expansion regions. Select results from performance studies of the spectrometer with calibration sources are reported.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	587-598
Número de páginas	12
Publicación	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volumen	595
N.º	3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.143
Estado	Published - oct 11 2008

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Funding Information:
We thank R. Cortez and J. Pendlay for their skillful technical contributions to the design, fabrication, and deployment of the detector systems. We thank S. Currie for his devoted efforts to the operation and maintenance of the helium liquefaction plant. We thank the entire UCNA collaboration for many valuable suggestions. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers PHY-0079767 (a Major Research Instrumentation Program grant), PHY-0244899, PHY-0555674, and also by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Financiación

We thank R. Cortez and J. Pendlay for their skillful technical contributions to the design, fabrication, and deployment of the detector systems. We thank S. Currie for his devoted efforts to the operation and maintenance of the helium liquefaction plant. We thank the entire UCNA collaboration for many valuable suggestions. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers PHY-0079767 (a Major Research Instrumentation Program grant), PHY-0244899, PHY-0555674, and also by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Financiadores	Número del financiador
National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program	PHY-0244899, PHY-0555674, PHY-0079767
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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Plaster, B., Carr, R., Filippone, B. W., Harrison, D., Hsiao, J., Ito, T. M., Liu, J., Martin, J. W., Tipton, B., & Yuan, J. (2008). A solenoidal electron spectrometer for a precision measurement of the neutron β-asymmetry with ultracold neutrons. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 595(3), 587-598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.143

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Plaster B, Carr R, Filippone BW, Harrison D, Hsiao J, Ito TM et al. A solenoidal electron spectrometer for a precision measurement of the neutron β-asymmetry with ultracold neutrons. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2008 oct 11;595(3):587-598. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2008.07.143

A solenoidal electron spectrometer for a precision measurement of the neutron β-asymmetry with ultracold neutrons

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