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New installation for measuring a neutron lifetime with a big gravitational trap of ultra cold neutrons

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At present the highest precision of neutron lifetime measurements has been achieved by the experiment made in Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI) with a gravitational trap of ultracold neutrons (UCN). A new installation with a big gravitational trap is an advanced development of methods and approaches applied in the previous experiment. We are planning to attain the measurement precision of 0.2 s which is four times better than the existing level of precision. A model of the experiemnt has been made for simulation by the Monte Carlo method. This model allows one to imply the concrete value of the neutron lifetime, then to reproduce an experiemental procedure and to see if there is any difference between the implied value and the measured one. As a result of modelling one has determined systematic uncertainty related to the procedure of calculating the efficient frequency of collisions of UCNs. It is equal to 0.1 s. We have also carried on modeling of different construction units of the installation.

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  1. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Orlova Roshcha, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300, Russia

    A. P. Serebrov, A. K. Fomin, A. G. Kharitonov, V. E. Varlamov & A. V. Chechkin

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Original Russian Text © A.P. Serebrov, A.K. Fomin, A.G. Kharitonov, V.E. Varlamov, A.V. Chechkin, 2013, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2013, Vol. 83, No. 11, pp. 136–141.

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Serebrov, A.P., Fomin, A.K., Kharitonov, A.G. et al. New installation for measuring a neutron lifetime with a big gravitational trap of ultra cold neutrons. Tech. Phys. 58, 1681–1687 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784213110224

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