Neutron lifetime measured with stored ultracold neutrons
- 7 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 63 (6), 593-596
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.63.593
Abstract
The neutron lifetime has been measured by counting the neutrons remaining in a fluid-walled bottle as a function of the duration of storage. Losses of neutrons caused by the wall reflections are eliminated by varying the bottle volume-to-surface ratio. The result obtained is =887.6±3 s.
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