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On Estimation Methods of Depolarization Losses for Ultracold Neutrons in Magnetic Traps

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The problem of finding the depolarization losses of neutrons is investigated in connection with the need to determine the systematic error for experiments with magnetic storage of ultracold neutrons in traps. In this paper, we consider three methods to estimate the neutrons depolarization probability: classical, quantum mechanical and approximate one. They are used to estimate the depolarization probability of ultracold neutrons in two magnetic traps: the trap developed in Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the one designed in the neutron physics laboratory of “NRC Kurchatov Institute”—PNPI. It is shown that all three methods are successfully used to estimate depolarization. This is of particular importance to compare of theoretical predictions with the results of measurement in experiments to determine the neutron lifetime.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors thank A.N. Murashkin, E.A. Kolomenskii, S.N. Ivanov, and A.K. Fomin for helpful discussions while working on the paper and N.P. Vasilyeva for help in translating the paper.

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The study has been carried out with the support from the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 23-22-00169, https://rscf.ru/project/23-22-00169/.

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  1. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300, Gatchina, Russia

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Klyushnikov, G.N., Serebrov, A.P. On Estimation Methods of Depolarization Losses for Ultracold Neutrons in Magnetic Traps. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 137, 316–327 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776123090054

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