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UCN, the ultracold neutron source -- neutrons for particle physics
by Bernhard Lauss, Bertrand Blau
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| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Bernhard Lauss |
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| Preprint 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: | Review of Particle Physics at PSI (PSI2020) |
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| 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.
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The value of the iotopic purity of D2 was added.
Published as SciPost Phys. Proc. 5, 004 (2021)