Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2019
Volume 64, Number 3
Saturday–Tuesday, April 13–16, 2019; Denver, Colorado
Session L14: Fundamental Neutron Physics
3:30 PM–5:30 PM,
Sunday, April 14, 2019
Sheraton
Room: Plaza Court 3
Sponsoring
Unit:
DNP
Chair: Shannon Hoogerheide, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract: L14.00002 : Magnetometry for the Nab Experiment*
3:42 PM–3:54 PM
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Abstract
Presenter:
Elizabeth M Scott
(University of Tennessee)
Author:
Elizabeth M Scott
(University of Tennessee)
Collaboration:
Nab Collaboration
Nab uses an asymmetric magnetic spectrometer and two large-area segmented Si detectors to extract the neutron beta decay electron-neutrino correlation coefficient \textit{a} and the Fierz interference term \textit{b} from the proton momentum and electron energy spectrum. Nab was designed to achieve a $10^{-3}$ relative uncertainty in \textit{a}, and this requires a detailed characterization and analysis of the magnetic field in the spectrometer. This talk will cover the design and implementation of this field characterization scheme and the current analysis.
*The Nab experiment is supported by grants from the US NSF and DoE, as well as Canada's NSERC.
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