A liquid hydrogen source of ultra-cold neutrons |
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| Authors: | I S Altarev Yu V Borisov A B Brandin V F Ezhov S N Ivanov G K Kunstman V M Lobashev V A Nazarenko V L Ryabov A P Serebrov R R Taldaev |
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| Institution: | Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, USSR |
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| Abstract: | A liquid hydrogen source of ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) developed for an experimental search for the electric dipole moment of the neutron is described. The results of an investigation of the yield of UCN from gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrogen as a function of temperature are presented. The UCN counting rate obtained at the output of the 6 × 7 cm2 neutron guide tube is 5 × 104 n/s. This counting rate corresponds to a flux of neutrons whose velocity along the axis of the neutron guide tube is below 7 m/s. Preliminary measurements of the UCN yield from liquid and solid deuterium have been carried out. |
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