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Abstract

Recoil protons from the β-decay of unpolarized neutrons are stored in a cryogenic ion trap formed by the superposition of an axisymmetric electrostatic field on a coaxial magnetic field, which varies uniformly in space between regions of high (~4.30 T) and low (~0.61 T) homogeneous field. Protons generated in the high field region are adiabatically focused onto a 'mirror' electrode in the low field region. The integrated energy spectrum is determined by counting the number of stored protons as a function of mirror potential. Violation of the exact adiabatic conditions is corrected for by carrying out alternate measurements at trapping times which differ by a factor of 2. The results: a0 = −0.1054 ± 0.0055, |λ| = 1.271 ± 0.018 are in agreement with previous measurements of these quantities.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	EPrints Services
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2012 20:35
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2012 08:28
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/26852

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