Session BA: Forefront Nuclear Physics

8:30 AM–10:30 AM, Thursday, October 30, 2008
Holiday Inn Brownstone - Roosevelt

Chair: Paul Cottle, Florida State University

Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.SES.BA.2

Abstract: BA.00002 : Fundamental symmetry tests with ultracold neutrons

9:00 AM–9:30 AM

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Author:

  Brad Plaster
    (University of Kentucky)

Ultracold neutrons (UCN) are neutrons with kinetic energies so low (less than 200--300 nano-eV) that they can be ``bottled'' with material surfaces or magnetic fields of a few Tesla. In this talk I will discuss the application of UCN to high-precision tests of the fundamental symmetries underlying the standard electroweak theory. I will highlight ongoing experiments and also provide a preview of future physics opportunities utilizing UCN in the Southeast, particularly those to be staged at the Spallation Neutron Source.

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