Experimental Search for Neutron to Mirror Neutron Oscillations as an Explanation of the Neutron Lifetime Anomaly
| العنوان: | Experimental Search for Neutron to Mirror Neutron Oscillations as an Explanation of the Neutron Lifetime Anomaly |
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| المؤلفون: | L. J. Broussard, J. L. Barrow, L. DeBeer-Schmitt, T. Dennis, M. R. Fitzsimmons, M. J. Frost, C. E. Gilbert, F. M. Gonzalez, L. Heilbronn, E. B. Iverson, A. Johnston, Y. Kamyshkov, M. Kline, P. Lewiz, C. Matteson, J. Ternullo, L. Varriano, S. Vavra |
| المصدر: | Physical Review Letters. 128 |
| بيانات النشر: | American Physical Society (APS), 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, General Physics and Astronomy, Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex), Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| الوصف: | An unexplained $>4\,\sigma$ discrepancy persists between "beam" and "bottle" measurements of the neutron lifetime. A new model proposed that conversions of neutrons $n$ into mirror neutrons $n'$, part of a dark mirror sector, can increase the apparent neutron lifetime by $1\%$ via a small mass splitting $\Delta{m}$ between $n$ and $n'$ inside the 4.6 T magnetic field of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Beam Lifetime experiment. A search for neutron conversions in a 6.6 T magnetic field was performed at the Spallation Neutron Source which excludes this explanation for the neutron lifetime discrepancy. |
| تدمد: | 1079-7114 0031-9007 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::65da440ff1299cf32bea09085731ea76Test https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.128.212503Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....65da440ff1299cf32bea09085731ea76 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 10797114 00319007 |
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