Precision Measurements with Slow Neutrons: April 5-7, 2004.Program
Sunday, April 4, 2004 -- Washingtonian Hotel
7:00 pm Reception
Monday, April 5, 2004 -- NIST, Green Auditorium
9:00 am Opening Remarks--Dr. Lisa Karam, Acting Chief, Ionizing
Radiation Division
Welcome--Dr. Richard Kayser, NIST Acting Deputy Director
Electric Dipole Moment -- Chair: Jeff Nico, National Institute of
Standards and Technology
9:20-9:40 Neutron EDM measurements with UCN at the ILL: present and
future
P. Geltenbort, Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France
9:40-10:00 Search for a neutron EDM using ultracold neutrons
R. Golub, Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Berlin
10:00-10:20 Multi-chamber EDM spectrometer
A. Serebrov, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute-RAS/
Paul Scherrer Institut
10:20-10:35 What can be learned from neutron to anti-neutron
transition search
Y. Kamyshkov, University of Tennessee
Optics I -- Chair: Sam Werner, University of Missouri
11:15-11:35 Coherence, quantum state engineering and phase space
density enhancements
H. Rauch, Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten
11:35-11:55 High-precision measurements of the n-p, n-d, and
n-[.sup.3]He bound coherent scattering lengths
T. C. Black, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
11:55-12:15 Measurement of the coherent neutron scattering length of
[.sup.3]He
W. Ketter, Universitat Mainz
12:15-12:30 Observation on the visibility decrease in a VCN spin
resonator interferometry
M. Utsuro, Osaka University
12:30-12:45 Spatial non-cyclic geometric phase in neutron
interferometry
S. Filipp, Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten
Neutron Beta Decay I -- Chair: Geoffrey Greene, University of Tennessee
1:45-2:00 Radiative Corrections for Neutron Decay and Search for
New Physics
V. Gudkov, University of South Carolina
2:00-2:15 Standard Model Treatment of the Radiative Corrections to
the Neutron [beta]-decay
G. Bunatian, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna
2:15-2:35 Measurement of the Neutron Lifetime Using a Proton Trap
F. E. Wietfeldt, Tulane University
2:35-2:50 A Cryogenic Radiometer for Absolute Neutron Rate
Measurement
Z. Chowdhuri, National Institute of Standards and
Technology/University of Maryland
2:50-3:10 Neutron lifetime experiment with gravitational trap and
with lower temperature fomblin (LTF) coating
V. Varlamov, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute--RAS
3:10-3:30 Measuring the neutron lifetime with magnetically trapped
neutrons
S. N. Dzhosyuk, Harvard University
Neutron Facilities -- Chair: Paul Huffman, North Carolina State
University
4:00-4:15 The Cold, Very Cold, and Ultracold Neutron Facilities PF1
(Physique Fondamentale 1) and PF2 at the Institut
Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France
P. Geltenbort, Institut Laue-Langevin Grenoble, France
4:15-4:30 The fundamental neutron physics facilities at NIST
J. S. Nico, National Institute of Standards and Technology
4:30-4:45 A Pulsed Cold Neutron Beamline Flight Path 12 at LANSCE for
Fundamental Nuclear Physics
P.-N. Seo, Los Alamos National Laboratory
4:45-5:00 The Fundamental Neutron Physics Beamline at the Spallation
Neutron Source
G. L. Greene, University of Tennessee
5:00-5:15 LENS: A New Pulsed Neutron Source for Research and
Education
M. Leuschner, Indiana University Cyclotron Facility
5:15-5:30 Performance of a New Ultracold Neutron Source at Los Alamos
National Lab
A. Saunders, Los Alamos National Laboratory
5:30-5:45 An Ultracold Neutron Source at PSI
M. Daum, Paul Scherrer Institut
5:45-6:00 The Mini-[D.sub.2] source for ultracold neutrons at the new
research reactor FRM-II
E. Gutsmiedl, Technische Universitat Munchen
6:00-6:15 The UCN source at the North Carolina State University
PULSTAR reactor
B. Wehring, North Carolina State University
Tuesday, April 6, 2004 -- NIST, Green Auditorium
Neutron Beta Decay II -- Chair: John Doyle, Harvard University
8:30-8:50 [V.sub.us], [V.sub.ud], and CKM unitarity
V. Cirigliano, California Institute of Technology
8:50-9:10 Neutron decay parameters and Instrument PERKEO
H. Abele, University of Heidelberg Physics Institute
9:10-9:30 Progress toward a Precision Measurement of the Neutron
[beta]-Decay Asymmetry using Ultracold Neutrons at LANSCE
T. Ito, California Institute of Technology
9:30-9:45 Project of neutron beta-decay A-asymmetry measurement
with accuracy on the level [10.sup.-3]
A. Serebrov, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute--RAS
9:45-10:00 Measurement of Neutron Decay Parameters--The abBA
Experiment
J. D. Bowman, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Time Reversal Violation -- Chair: Chris Gould, North Carolina State
University
10:45-11:05 The T-odd R- and D- Correlations in Beta Decay
P. Herczeg, Los Alamos National Laboratory
11:05-11:25 A new measurement of the D coeffcient with TRINE
C. Plonka, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany
11:25-11:45 Time Reversal Violation in Neutron Beta Decay: The emiT
Experiment
J. F. Wilkerson, University of Washington
11:45-12:05 Search for Time Reversal Violation Effects: R-Correlation
Measurement in Neutron Decay
K. Bodek, JU-Krakow, Poland
12:05-12:25 Two coils resonant Ramsey's method for the measurement of
time reversal invariance violation in neutron
transmission
A. Aldushchenkov, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute--RAS
12:25-12:45 On the Way to Experimental Test of the Time Reversal
Invariance in the Nuclear Reactions
T. Ino, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
Poster Session I
Miscellaneous Topics -- Chair: Mike Snow, Indiana University
2:45-3:05 Constraints on new interactions from neutron scattering
experiments
Y. Pokotilovski, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research,
Dubna
3:05-3:25 Direct nn-scattering Measurement with the Pulsed Reactor
YAGUAR
G. E. Mitchell, North Carolina State University and
Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
3:25-3:45 The Neutron Electric Polarizability from Neutron Total
Cross Section of [.sup.208]Pb Measurement
A. B. Laptev, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute--RAS
3:45-4:00 Investigation of solid [D.sub.2] for UCN sources
K. Kirch, Paul Scherrer Institut
Neutron Polarimetry/[.sup.3]He -- Chair: Gordon Jones, Hamilton College
4:30-4:50 Precision Neutron Polarimetry and Spin Flipping
T. E. Chupp, University of Michigan
4:50-5:05 A Ramsey's Method with Pulsed Neutrons
Y. Masuda, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization
5:05-5:25 A perfectly polarised neutron beam
T. Soldner, Institut Laue Langevin
5:25-5:40 [.sup.3]He spin filter for neutrons
M. Batz, University of Mainz
5:40-5:55 [.sup.3]He spin filters for slow neutron physics
T. R. Gentile, National Institute of Standards and
Technology
7:30 pm -- Banquet -- Potowmack Landing Restaurant, Alexandria, VA--
Norman--Ramsey, Personal Anecdotes About Great Physicists
Wednesday, April 7, 2004 -- NIST, Green Auditorium
Nucleon-Nucleon Interactions -- Chair: David Bowman, Los Alamos National
Laboratory
8:30-8:50 Parity Violation in the NN Interaction Using Low Energy
Neutrons
W. M. Snow, Indiana University/Indiana University
Cyclotron Facility
8:50-9:05 Measurement of Parity Violation in n-p Capture
S. A. Page, University of Manitoba
9:05-9:20 Parity-violating neutron spin rotation in a super-fluid
helium target
C. D. Bass, Indiana University
9:20-9:35 Parity-violating neutron spin rotation in a liquid
parahydrogen target
D. M. Markoff, North Carolina State University
Poster Session II
Neutron Beta Decay III -- Chair: Peter Geltenbort, Institut Laue-
Langevin
11:15-11:35 Charged Current Universality and the MSSM
A. Kurylov, California Institute of Technology
11:35-11:55 Determination of the Electron-antineutrino Angular
Correlation Coefficient [a.sub.0] in Unpolarized
Neutron Decay
J. Byrne, University of Sussex
11:55-12:15 The Neutron Decay Spectrometer aSPECT and the Unitarity
of the CKM Matrix
S. Baessler, Universitat Mainz
12:15-12:30 Proposed Measurement of the Beta-Neutrino Asymmetry in
Neutron Decay
G. L. Jones, Hamilton College
12:30-12:45 On the Measurement the Neutron Lifetime Using Ultra-Cold
Neutrons in a Vacuum Quadrupole Trap
J. D. Bowman, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Neutron Optics II -- Chair: David Jacobson, National Institute of
Standards and Technology
2:00-2:15 Experimental test of Laue diffraction method of a search
for neutron EDM
V. V. Voronin, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute--RAS
2:15-2:35 Gravitational Bound Quantum States and Limits on Large
Extra Dimensions
H. Abele, University of Heidelberg Physics Institute
2:35-2:55 New results on neutron quantum states in the Eart's
gravitational field
V. Nesvizhevsky, Institute Laue-Langevin
2:55-3:10 Quantum Contextuality in Single-Neutron Interferometer
Experiments: violation of a Bell-like inequality
Y. Hasegawa, Atominstitut der Osterreichischen
Universitaten
Neutron Beta Decay IV -- Chair: Scott Dewey, National Institute of
Standards and Technology
4:00-4:20 First ever storage of ultracold neutrons in a magnetic
trap made of permanent magnets
V. Ezhov, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute-Gatchina
4:20-4:40 A Neutron Lifetime Experiment Based on an
"Accordion-Like" Ultracold-Neutron Storage Volume
Coated with "Low Temperature Fomblin"
B. Yerozolimsky, Harvard University
4:40-5:00 Neutron radiative [beta] Decay in effective field theory
S. V. Gardner, University of Kentucky
5:00-5:15 Search for Radiative [beta]-decay of the Free Neutron
J. Byrne, University of Sussex
5:15-5:30 The NIST Neutron Radiative Beta-Decay Experiment
B. M. Fisher, Tulane University
5:30 pm Conference Summary
Dirk Dubbers, Universitat Heidelberg
Poster Session A poster session is the juried presentation of research information by representatives of several research teams at a congress or conference with an academic or professional focus. These are particularly prominent at scientific conferences such as medical congresses. * Studies of Polarized A one-way direction of a signal or the molecules within a material pointing in one direction. [.sup.3]He at Cryogenic Temperatures Q. Ye, Duke University * Magnetometry and neutron EDM (Engineering Data Management) An information system that maintains the details of all engineering data while the product is in the design and concept phase. This includes geometry and changes to geometry. See PLM. EDM - Electronic Data Management false effects W. Heil, Universitat Mainz * Magnetic field stabilization for neutron EDM experiments by external field coils R. Henneck, Paul Scherrer Paul Scherrer (1890-1969) was a Swiss physicist. He was born in Herisau, Switzerland. He studied at Göttingen, Germany, before becoming a lecturer there. Later, Scherrer became head of the Department of Physics at ETH Zurich. Institut * Detector Development for the abBA Experiment P.-N. Seo, Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National * Electromagnetic design of the aSPECT neutron decay In nuclear physics, neutron decay may refer to:
F. Gluck, Universitat Mainz * A Backscatter-Suppressed Electron Detector for the Measurement of "a" A. Komives, DePauw University DePauw University, at Greencastle, Ind.; coeducational; United Methodist; est. 1832, chartered 1837. The school opened in 1838 as Indiana Asbury College, and in 1884 the present name was adopted. * Electron Detectors for the UCNA experiment at LANSCE LANSCE Los Alamos Neutron Science Center J. Yuan, W. K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory, Caltech * The UCNA-Si Upgrade J. W. Martin, California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. * Novel Proton Detectors for Angular Correlations Angular correlations An experimental technique that involves measuring the manner in which the likelihood of occurrence (or intensity or cross section) of a particular decay or collision process depends on the directions of two or more radiations associated of UCN UCN Universidad Católica del Norte (Chile) UCN University College of the North (The Pas, Manitoba, Candad) UCN Ultra Cold Neutron UCN Unión del Centro Nacional Decay S. Hoedl, University of Washington * Thin Foil UCN Monitors and Absorbers for the UCNA Project S. Hoedl, CENPA, University of Washington * GEANT GEANT - A simulation, tracking and drawing package for HEP. 4-based Study of the abBA Experiment: Detector Response and Physics Analysis E. Frlez, University of Virginia * Neutron interferometric observation of the virtual excitation and multiple scattering correction terms to the index of refraction Index of refraction A constant number for any material for any given color of light that is an indicator of the degree of the bending of the light caused by that material. Mentioned in: Eye Glasses and Contact Lenses K. P. Schoen, University of Missouri-Columbia * New phenomena in neutron diffraction Neutron diffraction The phenomenon associated with the interference processes which occur when neutrons are scattered by the atoms within solids, liquids, and gases. and optics of a noncentrosymmetric crystal. New feasibility for the neutron EDM search V. V. Fedorov, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute * Constraints on non-Newtonian gravity in the nanometer range from the experiment on neutron quantum states in the Earth's gravitational field Noun 1. gravitational field - a field of force surrounding a body of finite mass field of force, force field, field - the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it K. Protasov, Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie * Design and Simulation of a Solid Methane Moderator at the LENS Neutron Source Neutron source is a general term referring to a variety devices that emit neutrons, irrespective of the mechanism used to produce the neutrons. Depending upon variables including the energy of the neutrons emitted by the source, the rate of neutrons emitted by the source, the size Y. Shin, Indiana University/Indiana University Cyclotron cyclotron: see particle accelerator. cyclotron Particle accelerator that accelerates charged atomic or subatomic particles in a constant magnetic field. Facility * UCN production with a single crystal of ortho-deuterium M. Utsuro, Osaka University Home to many elite and renowned alumni of CEOs, lawyers, doctors, scientists, bureaucrats, and a Nobel laureate, as well as to many advanced research centers, Osaka University is considered one of the most prestigious universities in Japan and Asia. * Solid Oxygen as an Ultracold Neutron Source C.-Y. Liu, Los Alamos National Laboratory * A New Experiment to Measure The Depolarization depolarization /de·po·lar·iza·tion/ (de-po?lahr-i-za´shun) 1. the process or act of neutralizing polarity. 2. in electrophysiology, reversal of the resting potential in excitable cell membranes when stimulated. and Loss Probability of UCN on Diamond Like Carbon (DLC (1) (Data Link Control) See data link and OSI. (2) (Data Link Control) The data link layer protocol (layer 2) that is used in IBM's SNA networking. See SNA, data link protocol and Microsoft DLC. ) A. Pichlmaier, Paul Scherrer Institut * Storage of fast ultracold neutrons L. Bondarenko, RRC RRC Radio Resource Control (3G) RRC Red River College (Canada) RRC Railroad Commission of Texas (Austin, TX) RRC Residency Review Committee (medical) Kurchatov Institute The Kurchatov Institute (Russian: Роcсийский научный центр Moscow * UCN anomalous losses, UCN depolarization and possible connection of the both phenomenons A. Fomin, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute--RAS * Tests of [.sup.6]Li doped glass scintillators for the detection of UCN G. Ban, LPC-Caen, France * The simulation of UCN experiments with Geant4 P. Fierlinger, Paul Scherrer Institut * Estimates of the Performance of a UCN Moderator at the LENS Neutron Source C.-Y. Liu, Los Alamos National Laboratory * Development of a Long Wave Length Neutron Monochromator A monochromator is an optical device that transmits a mechanically selectable narrow band of wavelengths of light or other radiation chosen from a wider range of wavelengths available at the input. for Superthermal Production of Ultracold Neutrons L. Yang, Harvard University Harvard University, mainly at Cambridge, Mass., including Harvard College, the oldest American college. Harvard College Harvard College, originally for men, was founded in 1636 with a grant from the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. * A low noise CsI detector array for the precision measurement of parity nonconservation in n + p [right arrow] d + [gamma] M. Gericke, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Indiana University * A New Approach to Accurate Polarimetry Polarimetry The science of determining the polarization state of electromagnetic radiation (x-rays, light or radio waves). Radiation is said to be linearly polarized when the electric vector oscillates in only one plane. of Polychrometic Cold Neutron Beams with a [.sup.3]He Spin Filter F. E. Wietfeldt, Tulane University * Precision Neutron Polarimetry for Neutron Beta Decay S. Penttila, Los Alamos National Laboratory * Very slow neutron transport at pulsed heating of cold moderator Y. Pokotilovski, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, JINR (Russian: Объединённый институт ядерных , Dubna * Design and performance of laser-pumped Cs-magnetometers for the planned UCN edm experiment at PSI S. Groeger, University of Fribourg For the German university, see . The University of Fribourg (French: Université de Fribourg; German: Universität Freiburg) is a university in the city of Fribourg, Switzerland. * Measurement of Absolute Neutron Flux in Liquid [.sup.3]He G. L. Hansen, Indiana University * Silicon UCN detector with large area and with analysis of UCN polarization M. Lasakov, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute--RAS * Superconducting UCN polarizer polarizer an appliance for polarizing light. for a new EDM spectrometer M. Lasakov, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute--RAS * Gravi-magnetic trap for UCN as a quantum oscillator oscillator Mechanical or electronic device that produces a back-and-forth periodic motion. A pendulum is a simple mechanical oscillator that swings with a constant amplitude, requiring the addition of energy at each swing only to compensate for the energy lost because of air A. Frank, Joint Institute for Nuclear Reasearch, Dubna * Neutron Quantum State Tailoring M. Baron, Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten * Cold neutron storage M. R. Jaekel, Atominstitut Wien * Confinement induced neutron phase H. Lemmel, Atominstitut M. Baron, Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten * Simulation of Charged Particle Trajectories in the Neutron Decay Correlation Experiment abBA D. Desai, University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system in the American state of Tennessee. * Simulation of the Performance of Fundamental Neutron Physics Beamline at the High Flux Isotope Reactor The High Flux Isotope Reactor (or HFIR) is a research nuclear reactor located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. Operational since 1966, the HFIR is an 85 MW reactor designed for the production of special radioisotopes (it is the only US R. Mahurin, University of Tennessee * Preparation of short neutron pulses using the multi-MIEZE principle N. Arend, Technische Universitat Munchen * Detection of Protons in Neutron Decay Experiments: A Low Energy Proton Source for Detector Development R. L. Cooper, University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. * UCN interaction with surface R. Golub, Hahn Meitner Institute, Berlin * A Gamma Polarimeter polarimeter: see polarization of light. for Neutron Polarization Measurement in a Liquid Deuterium deuterium (d  tēr`ēəm), isotope of hydrogen with mass no. 2. The deuterium nucleus, called a deuteron, contains one proton and one neutron. Target for Parity Violation in Polarized Neutron
Capture on DeuteriumM. Bowers, DePauw University * Development of a position sensitive neutron detector with high efficiency and energy resolution for use at high-flux beam sources D. M. Markoff, North Carolina State University History
* Bounds on P-odd T-odd interactions from polarized neutron capture with unpolarized targets C. R. Gould, North Carolina State University * High-precision measurements of the n-[.sup.3]He bound coherent scattering length P. R. Huffman, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. State University/NIST * Enviromental impact on the phase stability of a Neutron Interferometer S. Mayer, Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitaten * A superconducting magnetic UCN trap for precise neutron lifetime measurements R. Picker, Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany * NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. Interferometer interferometer: see interference under Interference as a Scientific Tool. See also virtual telescope. An instrument that measures the wavelengths of light and distances. Facility for Precision Scattering Length Measurements D. L. Jacobson, National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. |
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