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Observation of a large parity nonconserving analyzing power in Xe

J. J. Szymanski, W. M. Snow, J. D. Bowman, B. Cain, B. E. Crawford, P. P. J. Delheij, R. D. Hartman, T. Haseyama, C. D. Keith, J. N. Knudson, A. Komives, M. Leuschner (+13 others)
1996 Physical Review C  

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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
more » ... y 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.
doi:10.1103/physrevc.53.r2576 pmid:9971310 fatcat:76w4ymjgrvgj5cnj2653xunvbe
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J. J. Szymanski, W. M. Snow, J. D. Bowman, B. Cain, B. E. Crawford, P. P. J. Delheij, R. D. Hartman, T. Haseyama, C. D. Keith, J. N. Knudson, A. Komives, M. Leuschner, L. Y. Lowie, A. Masaike, Y. Matsuda, G. E. Mitchell, S. I. Penttilä, H. Postma, D. Rich, N. R. Roberson, S. J. Seestrom, E. I. Sharapov, S. L. Stephenson, Y. F. Yen, V. W. Yuan. "Observation of a large parity nonconserving analyzing power in Xe." Physical Review C 53.6 (1996) R2576-R2580