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Low energy upscattering of UCN in interaction with the surface of solid state

Nuclear Experiment 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

In connection with the problem of anomalous losses of ultracold neutrons (UCN) in the storage in the material traps the measurements of quasi-elastic scattering of UCN in collisions with trap surface have been carried out. It was observed that the probability of quasi-elastic scattering of UCN from energy interval 0-77 neV to 90-200 neV is (2.2+/-0.2)*10^-8 per collision therefore the process of quasi-elastic scattering can not explain the effect of anomalous losses which is on the level 3*10^-5.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/0611037,
  title  = {Low energy upscattering of UCN in interaction with the surface of solid state},
  author = {A. Serebrov and A. Vassiljev and M. Lasakov and I. Krasnoschekova and A. Fomin and P. Geltenbort and E. Siber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/0611037},
  year   = {2008}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures