We have reexamined the problem of n−nˉ oscillations for ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) confined within a trap. It is shown that for up to 103 collisions with the walls the process can be described in terms of wave packets. The exact equation is derived describing the time-evolution of the nˉ-component for an arbitrary number of collisions with the trap walls. The nˉ-component grows linearly with time with enhancement factor depending on the reflection properties of the walls.
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0306039,
title = {Neutron - Antineutron Oscillations in a Trap Revisited},
author = {B. O. Kerbikov and A. E. Kudryavtsev and V. A. Lensky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0306039},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
12 pages, 2 figures, RevTeX4, introduction rewritten and remarks added