Recoil-Order and Radiative Corrections to the aCORN Experiment

Autor: Wietfeldt, F. E., Byron, W. A., Collett, B., Dewey, M. S., Gentile, T. R., Gluck, F., Hassan, M. T., Jones, G. L., Komives, A., Nico, J. S., Stephenson, E. J.
Rok vydání: 2023
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Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: The aCORN experiment measures the electron-antineutrino $a$-coefficient in free neutron decay. We update the previous aCORN results to include radiative and recoil corrections to first order, and discuss a key issue in the comparison of results from different $a$-coefficient experimental methods when these effects are considered. The corrected combined result is $\overline{a} = -0.10779 \pm 0.00125\, ({\rm stat}) \pm 0.00133\, ({\rm sys})$, averaged over the full Fermi neutron beta spectrum. The corresponding corrected result for the ratio of weak coupling constants $\lambda = G_A/G_V$ is $\lambda = -1.2712 \pm 0.0061$. This improves agreement with previous $a$-coefficient experiments, in particular the 2020 aSPECT result
Databáze: arXiv