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Neutron bottles have been surrounded with an outer detection system in an attempt to detect neutrons which possibly leave the neutron bottle through the walls. Results give evidence that neutrons, undergoing inelastic processes at the inner surface, leave the bottle with energies of ≈ 10 meV. About 75 % of all neutrons captured in the bottle are lost in this way. This result is in contradiction with the results of several previous works.
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Stoika, A.D., Strelkov, A.V. & Hetzelt, M. Upscattering detected as the main reason for anomalous loss of ultra-cold neutrons in neutron storage experiments. Z Physik B 29, 349–352 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01324032
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