Observation of a large parity nonconserving analyzing power in Xe

Authors

J J. Szymanski, Indiana University - Bloomington
W M. Snow, Indiana University - BloomingtonFollow
J D. Bowman, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow
B Cain, Indiana University - Bloomington
Bret E. Crawford, Gettysburg CollegeFollow
P P J. Delheij, TRIUMFFollow
R D. Hartman, Indiana University - Bloomington
T Haseyama, Kyoto UniversityFollow
C D. Keith, Indiana University - Bloomington
J N. Knudsen, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow
A Komives, Indiana University - Bloomington
M Leuschner, Indiana University - Bloomington
L Y. Lowie, North Carolina State UniversityFollow
A Masaike, Kyoto UniversityFollow
Y Matsuda, Kyoto UniversityFollow
G E. Mitchell, North Carolina State UniversityFollow
S I. Penttila, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow
H Postma, Delft University of TechnologyFollow
D Rich, Indiana University - Bloomington
N R. Roberson, Duke UniversityFollow
S J. Seestrom, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow
E I. Sharapov, Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchFollow
Sharon L. Stephenson, Gettysburg CollegeFollow
Y-F Yen, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow
V W. Yuan, Los Alamos National LaboratoryFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1996

Department 1

Physics

Abstract

A large parity nonconserving longitudinal analyzing power was discovered in polarized-neutron transmission through Xe. An analyzing power of 4.3±0.2% was observed in a p-wave resonance at E_n=3.2 eV. The measurement was performed with a liquid Xe target of natural isotopic abundance that was placed in the polarized epithermal neutron beam, flight path 2, at the Manuel Lujan Neutron Science Center. This apparatus was constructed by the TRIPLE Collaboration, and has been used for studies of parity symmetry in compound nuclear resonances. Part of the motivation of the experiment was to discover a nucleus appropriate for a sensitive test of time-reversal invariance in polarized-neutron transmission. The large analyzing power of the observed resonance may make it possible to design a test of time reversal invariance using a polarized-Xe target.

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Recommended Citation

Szymanski, J. J., Snow, W. M., Bowman, J. D., Cain, B., Crawford, B. E., Delheij, P. P. J., Hartman, R. D., Haseyama, T., Keith, C. D., Knudsen, J. N., Komives, A., Leuschner, M., Lowie, L. Y., Masaike, A., Matsuda, Y., Mitchell, G. E., Penttila, S. I., Postma, H., Rich, D., Roberson, N. R., Seestrom, S. J., Sharapov, E. I., Stephenson, S., Yen, Y.-F., & Yuan, V. W. (1996). Observation of a large parity nonconserving analyzing power in Xe. Physical Review C, 53(6), R2576–R2580. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.53.R2576

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Copyright held by American Physical Society. First published as JJ Szymanski et al, Observation of a large parity nonconserving analyzing power in Xe, Physical Review C, 53:6, R2576–R2580, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevC.53.R2576.