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The WITCH experiment: towards weak interactions studies. Status and prospects

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Primary goal of the WITCH experiment is to test the Standard Model for a possible admixture of a scalar or tensor type interaction in β-decay. This information will be inferred from the shape of the recoil energy spectrum. The experimental set-up was completed and is under intensive commissioning at ISOLDE (CERN). It combines a Penning trap to store the ions and a retardation spectrometer to probe the recoil ion energy. A brief overview of the WITCH set-up and the results of commissioning tests performed until now are presented. Finally, perspectives of the physics program are reviewed.

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  1. K.U.Leuven, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001, Leuven, Belgium

    V. Yu. Kozlov, M. Beck, S. Coeck, M. Herbane, I. S. Kraev, N. Severijns & F. Wauters

  2. Universität Münster, Institut für Kernphysik, Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 9, 48149, Münster, Germany

    M. Beck

  3. CERN, CH-1211, Genève 23, Switzerland

    P. Delahaye, A. Herlert & F. Wenander

  4. Nuclear Physics Institute, ASCR, 250 68, Řež, Czech Republic

    D. Zákoucký

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Kozlov, V.Y., Beck, M., Coeck, S. et al. The WITCH experiment: towards weak interactions studies. Status and prospects. Hyperfine Interact 172, 15–22 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-007-9519-2

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