{"product_id":"9789814571685","title":"Next Generation Experiments To Measure The Neutron Lifetime - Proceedings Of The Workshop: Proceedings of the 2012 Workshop","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a great interest in improving the limits on neutron lifetime to the level of a precision of 0.1 s. The neutron lifetime is both an important fundamental quantity as well as a parameter influencing important processes such as nucleosynthesis (Helium production in the early universe) and the rate of energy production in the Sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAiming to create a roadmap of R\u0026amp;D for a next generation neutron lifetime experiment that can be endorsed by the North American neutron community, the focus of the workshop was on experiments using traps that utilize ultracold neutrons and confinement by a combination of magnetic and\/or gravitational interaction in order to avoid systematic uncertainties introduced by neutron interactions with material walls. The papers in this volume summarize the limitations of present experiments, the discussion of new experiments in planning stage, and the discussion of systematic effects that must be addressed to achieve a lifetime measurement at an accuracy of 0.1 second.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover image courtesy of Elena Fernández, Los Alamos National Laboratory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeutron Lifetime Theory \u003ci\u003e(W J Marciano)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeutron Lifetime Experiments Using the Beam Method: Past, Present, and Future \u003ci\u003e(F E Wietfeldt)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverview of Magnetic Trapping Neutron Lifetime Experiments \u003ci\u003e(P R Huffman)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome Thoughts Concerning the Statistics and Ultracold Neutron Source Requirements for the UCNτ Experiment \u003ci\u003e(A R Young)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhase Space Evolution in Neutron Traps for Measurements of the Neutron Beta-Decay Lifetime \u003ci\u003e(C-Y Liu, D Salvat and E Adamek)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChaos in a Gravo-Magneto Neutron Trap \u003ci\u003e(J D Bowman and S I Penttila)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStochastic Modeling and Simulation of Marginally Trapped Neutrons \u003ci\u003e(K J Coakley)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpin Flip Loss in Magnetic Storage of Ultracold Neutrons \u003ci\u003e(A Steyerl, C Kaufman, G Müller, S S Malik and A M Desai)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVibration-Induced Loss of Ultra-Cold Neutrons in a Magneto-Gravitational Trap \u003ci\u003e(D J Salvat and P L Walstrom)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlind Analysis in Physics Experiments: Is this Trip Necessary? \u003ci\u003e(R Golub)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Technique for Determining Neutron Beam Fluence to 0.01% Uncertainty \u003ci\u003e(A T Yue, M S Dewey, D M Gilliam, J S Nico, N Fomin, G L Greene, W M Snow and F E Wietfeldt)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA New Method of Neutron Detecton for UCN Lifetime Measurements \u003ci\u003e(C L Morris, D J Salvat, E Adamek, D Bowman, S Clayton, C Cude, W Fox, G Hogan, K Hickerson, A T Holley, C-Y Liu, M Makela, G Manus, S Penttila, J Ramsey, A Saunders, S Sawtelle, S J Seestrom, K Solberg, J Vanderwerp, B Vorndick, P Walstrom, Z Wang and A R Young)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeasuring the Neutron Lifetime with Magnetically Trapped Ultracold Neutrons \u003ci\u003e(H P Mumm, M G Huber, A T Yue, A K Thompson, M S Dewey, C R Huffer, P R Huffman, K W Schelhammer, C O'Shaughnessy and K J Coakley)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUCNτ: Study of Lifetime Measurement in a Magneto-Gravitational Trap \u003ci\u003e(A Saunders, D Salvat, E Adamek, D Bowman, S Clayton, C Cude, W Fox, G Hogan, K Hickerson, A T Holley, C-Y Liu, M Makela, G Manus, C Morris, S Penttila, J Ramsey, S Sawtelle, K Solberg, J Vanderwerp, B Vorndick, P Walstrom, Z Wang and A R Young)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Comparison of Two Magnetic Ultra-Cold Neutron Trapping Concepts Using a Halbach-Octupole Array \u003ci\u003e(K Leung, S Ivanov, F Martin, F Rosenau, M Simson and O Zimmer)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolarizing Ultra-Cold Neutrons for the Superconducting Trap PENeLOPE \u003ci\u003e(R Picker, W Schreyer, F Haas, F J Hartmann, M Losekamm, S Paul, R Stoepler and C Tietze)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummary of Workshop on Next Generation Experiments on the Neutron Lifetime \u003ci\u003e(D Dubbers, K S Kumar and J M Pendlebury)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Graduate students and researchers in nuclear and particle physics.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143741489392,"sku":"9789814571685","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814571685_p0.jpg?v=1763692146","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814571685","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}