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Neutron-antineutron Oscillations in the Trapping Box

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We have reexamined the problem of nnˉn-\bar n oscillations for ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) confined within a trap. We have shown that the growth of the nˉ\bar n component with time is to a decent accuracy given by P(nˉ)=ϵnnˉ2tLt,P(\bar n)= \epsilon^2_{n\bar n} t_Lt, where ϵnnˉ\epsilon_{n\bar n} is the mixing parameter, tL1t_L\sim 1 sec in the neutron propagation time between subsequent collisions with the trap walls. Possible corrections to this law and open questions are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0212293,
  title  = {Neutron-antineutron Oscillations in the Trapping Box},
  author = {B. O. Kerbikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0212293},
  year   = {2009}
}

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