An Experimental Overview of Ultra-Cold Neutron Production in Solid Oxygen through Magnetic Interactions

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Abstract

We present an experiment to investigate UCN production in solid oxygen under applied magnetic field, and discuss results from data collected at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center in 2008. The instrument is designed to study UCN production as a function of temperature, source volume, and possesses unique magnetic field capabilities up to 5.5 Tesla. We measure incident neutron energy dependence using the beam-line's cold-neutron choppers. The data suggest a comparable UCN production rate between oxygen and deuterium, and surprising phase dependent production in oxygen.

Authors

  • Daniel Salvat

    • Indiana University

  • Chen-Yu Liu

    • Indiana Unversity

  • Christopher Lavelle

    • Indiana Unversity

  • Patrick McChesney

    • Indiana Unversity

  • Gregory Manus

    • Indiana Unversity

  • Yu Feng

    • Indiana Unversity

  • Yunchang Shin

    • University of Kentucky

  • Albert Young

    • North Carolina State University

  • Guilhem Ribeill

    • North Carolina State University

  • Adam Holley

    • North Carolina State University

  • Chris Morris

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Andy Saunders

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Mark Makela

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory