Beta-neutrino correlation experiments on laser trapped 38mK, 37K

被引:28
作者
Gorelov, A
Behr, JA
Melconian, D
Trinczek, M
Dubé, P
Häusser, O
Giesen, U
Jackson, KP
Swanson, T
D'Auria, JM
Dombsky, M
Ball, G
Buchmann, L
Jennings, B
Dilling, J
Schmid, J
Ashery, D
Deutsch, J
Alford, WP
Asgeirsson, D
Wong, W
Lee, B
机构
[1] TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada
[2] Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Phys, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
[3] Simon Fraser Univ, Dept Chem, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
[4] Univ Heidelberg, Inst Phys, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
[5] Tel Aviv Univ, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
[6] Univ Catholique Louvain, B-1348 Louvain, Belgium
[7] Univ Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
[8] Univ British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
[9] Univ Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
来源
HYPERFINE INTERACTIONS | 2000年 / 127卷 / 1-4期
关键词
beta decay; neutral atom trap; shakeoff electron; charge state;
D O I
10.1023/A:1012649229978
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学]; O56 [分子物理学、原子物理学];
学科分类号
070203 ; 070304 ; 081704 ; 1406 ;
摘要
Laser trapping and cooling techniques are now being applied to the study of nuclear beta-decay at several labs. A magneto-optical trap (MOT) provides a localized source of atoms suspended in space, so the low-energy recoiling nuclei can freely escape and be detected in coincidence with the beta. This allows reconstruction of the neutrino momentum, and the deduction of the beta-nu correlation in a more direct fashion than previously possible. In addition, the nuclei can be polarized by atomic techniques, opening a new class of spin-correlation measurements to test the degree to which parity is maximally violated in the weak interaction. Our present experiment has detected several hundred thousand recoil-beta(+) coincidences from the 0(+) --> 0(+) pure Fermi decay of K-38m, produced at the on-line isotope separators TISOL and ISAC at TRIUMF. Our goal is to set constraints on non-Standard Model scalar bosons competitive with high-energy colliders and more conventional beta-nu correlation experiments.
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