Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2015
Department 1
Physics
Abstract
We present the design, description, calibration procedure, and an analysis of systematic effects for an apparatus designed to measure the rotation of the plane of polarization of a transversely polarized slow neutron beam as it passes through unpolarized matter. This device is the neutronoptical equivalent of a crossed polarizer/analyzer pair familiar from light optics. This apparatus has been used to search for parity violation in the interaction of polarized slow neutrons in matter. Given the brightness of existing slow neutron sources, this apparatus is capable ofmeasuring a neutron rotary power of dϕ/dz = 1 × 10−7 rad/m.
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DOI
10.1063/1.4919412
Recommended Citation
Snow, W.M., E. Anderson, L. Barrón-Palos, C. D. Bass, T. D. Bass, B. E. Crawford, C. Crawford, J. M. Dawkins, D. Esposito, J. Fry, H. Gardiner, K. Gan, C. Haddock, B. R. Heckel, A. T. Holley, J. C. Horton, C. Huffer, J. Lieffers, D. Luo, M. Maldonado-Velázquez, D. M. Markoff, A. M. Micherdzinska, H. P. Mumm, J. S. Nico, M. Sarsour, S. Santra, E. I. Sharapov, H. E. Swanson, S. B. Walbridge and V. Zhumabekova. "A Slow Neutron Polarimeter for the Measurement of Parity-Odd Neutron Rotary Power." Review of Scientific Instruments 86.5 (May 2015), 055101.
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Original version is available from the publisher, American Institute of Physics.