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UCN, the ultracold neutron source -- neutrons for particle physics
by Bernhard Lauss, Bertrand Blau
Submission summary
| As Contributors: | Bernhard Lauss |
| Arxiv Link: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.02457v2 (pdf) |
| Date accepted: | 2021-06-16 |
| Date submitted: | 2021-06-08 23:17 |
| Submitted by: | Lauss, Bernhard |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Proceedings |
| Proceedings issue: | PSI Particle Physics |
| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Experimental |
Abstract
Ultracold neutrons provide a unique tool for the study of neutron properties. An overview is given of the ultracold neutron (UCN) source at PSI, which produces the highest UCN intensities to fundamental physics experiments by exploiting the high intensity proton beam in combination with the high UCN yield in solid deuterium at a temperature of 5K. We briefly list important fundamental physics results based on measurements with neutrons at PSI.
Current status:
Publication decision taken: accept
Editorial decision:
For Journal SciPost Physics Proceedings: Publish
(status: Editorial decision fixed and (if required) accepted by authors)
List of changes
The value of the iotopic purity of D2 was added.