Journal
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
Volume 611, Issue 2-3, Pages 157-166Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.095
Keywords
Neutron lifetime; UCN; Neutron storage; Primordial nucleosynthesis; CKM matrix
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In this paper we review the role of the neutron lifetime and discuss the present status of measurements. In view of the large discrepancy observed by the two most precise individual measurements so far we describe the different techniques and point out the principle strengths and weaknesses. In particular we discuss the estimation of systematic uncertainties and its correlation to the statistical ones. In order to solve the present puzzle, many new experiments are either ongoing or being proposed. An overview on their possible contribution to this field will be given. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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