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Neutron Beta Decay: Status and Future of the Asymmetry Measurement

Takeyasu M. Ito
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With more intense sources of cold and ultracold neutrons becoming available and with improved experimental techniques being developed, determination of |Vud| from neutron beta decay with a similar precision to that from from superallowed beta decays is within reach. Determination of |Vud| from neutron beta decay, free from nuclear corrections, hold the most promise for a further improvement of the determination of |Vud|. The current and future neutron beta decay correlation experiments including the UCNA experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory are reviewed

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Takeyasu M. Ito. 2007-04-18. Neutron Beta Decay: Status and Future of the Asymmetry Measurement. https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.2365

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