Measurement of parity-violating gamma-ray asymmetry in the capture of polarized cold neutrons on protons


Por: Gericke M.T., Alarcon R., Balascuta S., Barrón-Palos L., Blessinger C., 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., Gillis R.C., Greene G.L., Hersman F.W., Ino T., Jones G.L., Lauss B., Leuschner M., Lozowski W.R., Mahurin R., Masuda Y., Mei J., Mitchell G.S., Muto S., Nann H., Page S.A., Penttilä S.I., Ramsay W.D., Salas-Bacci A., Santra S., Sharma M., Seo, PN, Sharapov E.I., Smith T.B., Snow W.M., Wilburn W.S., Yuan V.

Publicada: 31 ene 2011
Categoría: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Resumen:
The NPDGamma collaboration reports results from the first phase of a measurement of the parity violating up-down asymmetry A(gamma) with respect to the neutron spin direction of gamma rays emitted in the reaction (n) over right arrow + p -> d + gamma using the capture of polarized cold neutrons on the protons in a liquid parahydrogen target. One expects parity-odd effects in the hadronic weak interaction between nucleons to be induced by the weak interaction between quarks. A(gamma) in (n) over right arrow + p -> d + gamma is dominated by a Delta I = 1, (3)S(1)-(3)P(1) parity-odd transition amplitude in the n-p system. The first phase of the measurement was completed at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center spallation source (LANSCE), with the result A(gamma) = [-1.2 +/- 2.1 (stat.) +/- 0.2 (sys.)] x 10(-7). We also report the first measurement of an upper limit for the parity-allowed left-right asymmetry in this reaction, with the result A(gamma,LR) = [-1.8 +/- 1.9 (stat.) +/- 0.2 (sy

Filiaciones:
Gericke M.T.:
 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada

Alarcon R.:
 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States

Balascuta S.:
 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States

Barrón-Palos L.:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Blessinger C.:
 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States

Bowman J.D.:
 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States

Carlini R.D.:
 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, United States

Chen W.:
 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, United States

Chupp T.E.:
 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, United States

Crawford C.:
 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, United States

Covrig S.:
 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, United States

Dabaghyan M.:
 University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, United States

Fomin N.:
 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States

Freedman S.J.:
 University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, United States

Gentile T.R.:
 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001, United States

Gillis R.C.:
 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, United States

 Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, IN 47408, United States

Greene G.L.:
 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States

 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States

Hersman F.W.:
 University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, United States

Ino T.:
 High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tukuba-shi, 305-0801, Japan

Jones G.L.:
 Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323, United States

Lauss B.:
 Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland

Leuschner M.:
 Procure Treatment Center, 420 N. Walnut St., Bloomington, IN 47404-3803, United States

Lozowski W.R.:
 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, United States

 Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, IN 47408, United States

Mahurin R.:
 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada

 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, United States

Masuda Y.:
 High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tukuba-shi, 305-0801, Japan

Mei J.:
 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, United States

Mitchell G.S.:
 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, United States

Muto S.:
 High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Tukuba-shi, 305-0801, Japan

Nann H.:
 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, United States

 Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, IN 47408, United States

Page S.A.:
 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada

Penttilä S.I.:
 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, United States

Ramsay W.D.:
 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada

 TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada

Salas-Bacci A.:
 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States

Santra S.:
 Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India

Sharma M.:
 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, United States

Sharapov E.I.:
 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian Federation

Smith T.B.:
 University of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469, United States

Snow W.M.:
 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, United States

 Center for the Exploration of Energy and Matter, Bloomington, IN 47408, United States

Wilburn W.S.:
 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States

Yuan V.:
 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, United States
ISSN: 05562813
Editorial
AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 83 Número: 1
Páginas:
WOS Id: 000286756200016
imagen All Open Access, Bronze

MÉTRICAS