Parity violation in neutron resonances in115 In
Author(s) -
S. L. Stephenson,
J. D. Bowman,
F. Corvi,
B. E. Crawford,
P. P. J. Delheij,
C. M. Frankle,
M. Iinuma,
J. N. Knudson,
L. Y. Lowie,
A. Masaike,
Y. Masuda,
Y. Matsuda,
G. E. Mitchell,
H. Penttilä,
H. Postma,
N. R. Roberson,
S. J. Seestrom,
É. I. Sharapov,
Hirohiko M. Shimizu,
Yi-Fen Yen,
V. W. Yuan,
L. Zanini
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
physical review c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-490X
pISSN - 0556-2813
DOI - 10.1103/physrevc.61.045501
Subject(s) - physics , neutron , parity (physics) , atomic physics , helicity , nuclear physics , coupling (piping) , particle physics , materials science , metallurgy
Parity nonconservation (PNC) was studied in p-wave resonances in indium by measuring the helicity dependence of the neutron total cross section in the neutron energy range 6.0-316 eV with the time-of-flight method at LANSCE. A total of 36 p-wave neutron resonances were studied in {sup 115}In, and statistically significant asymmetries were observed for nine cases. An analysis treating the PNC matrix elements as random variables yields a weak matrix element of M=(0.67{sub -0.12}{sup +0.16}) meV and a weak spreading width of {gamma}{sub w}=(1.30{sub -0.43}{sup +0.76})x10{sup -7} eV. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society.
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