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THE ELECTRON NEUTRINO ANGULAR CORRELATION IN THE BETA DECAY OF THE FREE NEUTRON

Canadian Journal of PhysicsPublished 1 November 1958
J. M. Robson
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SNIP0.46

Abstract

The electron neutrino angular correlation coefficient has been measured for the beta decay of the free neutron by measuring the momentum spectrum of the electrons emitted in a restricted angular range from the direction of the recoil protons. Experiments were made for two different angular ranges and yielded a best value for the angular correlation coefficient of +0.07 with an error of ±0.12. This error includes the statistical error in the form of its standard deviation and an allowance for all known systematic errors.

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Physics and Astronomy