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Analysis and correction of the measurement of the neutron lifetime

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Corrections have been introduced into the result τβ = 885.4 ± 0.9stat ± 0.4syst s of our measurements of the neutron lifetime. The corrected value is τβ = 881.6 ± 0.8stat ± 1.9syst s.

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    S. S. Arzumanov, L. N. Bondarenko, V. I. Morozov, Yu. N. Panin & S. M. Chernyavsky

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Original Russian Text © S.S. Arzumanov, L.N. Bondarenko, V.I. Morozov, Yu.N. Panin, S.M. Chernyavsky, 2012, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2012, Vol. 95, No. 5, pp. 248–252.

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Arzumanov, S.S., Bondarenko, L.N., Morozov, V.I. et al. Analysis and correction of the measurement of the neutron lifetime. Jetp Lett. 95, 224–228 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364012050025

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