NPDGamma: A measurement of the parity-violating gamma asymmetry A γ in n-p capture

R. C. Gillis; Ricardo Alarcon; S. Balascuta; L. Barrón-Palos; J. D. Bowman; R. D. Carlini; W. Chen; T. E. Chupp; C. Crawford; S. Covrig; M. Dabaghyan; N. Fomin; S. J. Freedman; T. R. Gentile; M. T. Gericke; G. L. Greene; F. W. Hersman; T. Ino; G. L. Jones; B. Lauss; M. Leuschner; W. R. Lozowski; R. Mahurin; Y. Masuda; J. Mei; G. S. Mitchell; S. Muto; H. Nann; S. A. Page; S. I. Penttilä; W. D. Ramsay; A. Salas-Bacci; S. Santra; M. Sharma; P. N. Seo; E. I. Sharapov; T. B. Smith; W. M. Snow; W. S. Wilburn; V. Yuan

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NPDGamma: A measurement of the parity-violating gamma asymmetry A _γ in n-p capture

R. C. Gillis, Ricardo Alarcon, S. Balascuta, L. Barrón-Palos, J. D. Bowman, R. D. Carlini, W. Chen, T. E. Chupp, C. Crawford, S. Covrig, M. Dabaghyan, N. Fomin, S. J. Freedman, T. R. Gentile, M. T. Gericke, G. L. Greene, F. W. Hersman, T. Ino, G. L. Jones, B. LaussM. Leuschner, W. R. Lozowski, R. Mahurin, Y. Masuda, J. Mei, G. S. Mitchell, S. Muto, H. Nann, S. A. Page, S. I. Penttilä, W. D. Ramsay, A. Salas-Bacci, S. Santra, M. Sharma, P. N. Seo, E. I. Sharapov, T. B. Smith, W. M. Snow, W. S. Wilburn, V. Yuan

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The NPDGamma Experiment measures the parity-violating correlation A _γ between neutron spin and photon momentum in the reaction + p d + γ. Knowledge of A_γ and other parity-violating observables in few-body nuclear systems will provide constraints for a parameterized description of ΔS 0 parity-violating phenomena free from complications of nuclear structure. The NPDGamma experiment uses a polarized cold pulsed neutron beam, a liquid parahydrogen target, and a cylindrical array of 48 CsI(Tl) scintillation detectors operated in current mode to search for the asymmetry. NPDGamma recently completed the first phase of the program to measure A_γ at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center with the preliminary result A_γ (-1.2 2.1(stat.) 0.1(sys.)) × 10^-7, reproducing the previous upper limit from a measurement at a reactor facility. We discuss the theoretical background and experimental method and report on preliminary analysis of the LANSCE data. The second phase of the program to measure A_γ is in progress at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	012012
Journal	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume	239
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/239/1/012012
State	Published - 2010

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Gillis, R. C., Alarcon, R., Balascuta, S., Barrón-Palos, L., Bowman, J. D., Carlini, R. D., Chen, W., Chupp, T. E., Crawford, C., Covrig, S., Dabaghyan, M., Fomin, N., Freedman, S. J., Gentile, T. R., Gericke, M. T., Greene, G. L., Hersman, F. W., Ino, T., Jones, G. L., ... Yuan, V. (2010). NPDGamma: A measurement of the parity-violating gamma asymmetry A _γ in n-p capture. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 239, Article 012012. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/239/1/012012

Gillis, RC, Alarcon, R, Balascuta, S, Barrón-Palos, L, Bowman, JD, Carlini, RD, Chen, W, Chupp, TE, Crawford, C, Covrig, S, Dabaghyan, M, Fomin, N, Freedman, SJ, Gentile, TR, Gericke, MT, Greene, GL, Hersman, FW, Ino, T, Jones, GL, Lauss, B, Leuschner, M, Lozowski, WR, Mahurin, R, Masuda, Y, Mei, J, Mitchell, GS, Muto, S, Nann, H, Page, SA, Penttilä, SI, Ramsay, WD, Salas-Bacci, A, Santra, S, Sharma, M, Seo, PN, Sharapov, EI, Smith, TB, Snow, WM, Wilburn, WS & Yuan, V 2010, 'NPDGamma: A measurement of the parity-violating gamma asymmetry A _γ in n-p capture', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 239, 012012. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/239/1/012012

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