The Physics of Ultracold Neutrons

ISBN-13: 9780198510154 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 416 str.

V. K. Ignatovich; G. B. Pontecorvo

Opis

Slow-moving, low-energy ultracold neutrons provide an important tool for investigations in physics. They can be kept in hermetically sealed vessels for up to 15 minutes before they decay, allowing researchers sufficient time to observe the action of very weak fields and yielding valuable insights into neutron properties. In addition to describing how these particles are produced, detected, and analyzed, this book provides coverage of improvements in the techniques of ultracold neutron science--with information on how physicists may increase storage times--and explores ways they can be used for fundamental and applied research. Areas of study reported on include the determination of an upper limit to the electric dipole moment of neutrons, improved measurements of decay time, and new approaches to diffraction and diffusion theory. Although the text avoids mathematical detail, this is covered in appendices at chapter ends. The material is intended for specialists in neutron physics.

Recenzje

... though the book contains a large amount of technical information that makes it essential to workers in this field, it is written in such a way as to make it easily accessible to the general physicist interested in these novel particles.

Spis treści

Introduction to the physics of ultracold neutrons; The production of UCN; Detectors and spectrometers of UCN; Transporting UCN; The foundation for the interaction potential of a neutron with matter; Storage of UCN in material traps; Appendices.