On Bound-State beta^- Decay Rate of the Free Neutron
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-02-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Nuclear Experiment
Abstract
We calculate the bound-state beta^- decay rate of the free neutron. We show that hydrogen in the final state of the decay is produced with a probability of about 99% in the hyperfine state with zero orbital l = 0 and atomic angular momentum F = 0.
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@article{arxiv.0902.1728,
title = {On Bound-State beta^- Decay Rate of the Free Neutron},
author = {M. Faber and A. N. Ivanov and V. A. Ivanova and J. Marton and M. Pitschmann and N. I. Troitskaya and M. Wellenzohn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.1728},
year = {2009}
}
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3 pages