| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 219, 2019
International Workshop on Particle Physics at Neutron Sources (PPNS 2018)
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| Article Number | 04003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Studies of Neutron Beta Decay | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921904003 | |
| Published online | 12 December 2019 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201921904003
NoMoS: An R × B drift momentum spectrometer for beta decay studies
1 Stefan Meyer Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Wien, Austria
2 Atominstitut, TU Wien, Stadionallee 2, 1020 Wien, Austria
3 Institute Laue Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
a e-mail: daniel.moser@oeaw.ac.at
b e-mail: gertrud.konrad@oeaw.ac.at
Published online: 12 December 2019
The beta decay of the free neutron provides several probes to test the Standard Model of particle physics as well as to search for extensions thereof. Hence, multiple experiments investigating the decay have already been performed, are under way or are being prepared. These measure the mean lifetime, angular correlation coefficients or various spectra of the charged decay products (proton and electron). NoMoS, the neutron decay products mo___mentum spectrometer, presents a novel method of momentum spectroscopy: it utilizes the R ×B drift effect to disperse charged particles dependent on their momentum in an uniformly curved magnetic field. This spectrometer is designed to precisely measure momentum spectra and angular correlation coefficients in free neutron beta decay to test the Standard Model and to search for new physics beyond. With NoMoS, we aim to measure inter alia the electron-antineutrino correlation coefficient a and the Fierz interference term b with an ultimate precision of Δa/a < 0.3% and Δb < 10−3 respectively. In this paper, we present the measurement principles, discuss measurement uncertainties and systematics, and give a status update.
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