Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-16-2013
Publication Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Abstract
The 6He nucleus is an ideal candidate to study the weak interaction. To this end we have built a high-intensity source of 6He delivering ∼1010 atoms/s to experiments. Taking full advantage of that available intensity we have performed a high-precision measurement of the 6He half-life that directly probes the axial part of the nuclear Hamiltonian. Currently, we are preparing a measurement of the beta-neutrino angular correlation in 6He beta decay that will allow to search for new physics beyond the Standard Model in the form of tensor currents. © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.
Keywords
half-life, helium-6, nuclear beta decay, weak axial coupling constant
Volume
1560
First Page
636
Last Page
640
DOI
10.1063/1.4826859
ISSN
0094243X
Recommended Citation
Knecht, A.; Alexander, Z. T.; Bagdasarova, Y.; Cope, T. M.; Delbridge, B. G.; Fléchard, X.; García, A.; Hong, R.; Liénard, E.; Mueller, P.; Naviliat-Cuncic, O.; Palmer, A. S.C.; Robertson, R. G.H.; Storm, D. W.; Swanson, H. E.; Utsuno, S.; Wauters, F.; Williams, William; Wrede, C.; and Zumwalt, D. W., "Weak Interaction Studies ith 6He" (2013). Physics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/phy_facpubs/92
Comments
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.