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Precision analysis of electron energy spectrum and angular distribution of neutron beta decay with polarized neutron and electron

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2021-02-04 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

We give a precision analysis of the correlation coefficients of the electron-energy spectrum and angular distribution of the beta decay and radiative beta decay of the neutron with polarized neutron and electron to order 10^(-3). The calculation of correlation coefficients is carried out within the Standard model with contributions of order 10^(-3), caused by the weak magnetism and proton recoil, taken to next-to-leading order in the large proton mass expansion, and with radiative corrections of order "alpha/pi ~ 10^(-3", calculated to leading order in the large proton mass expansion. The obtained results can be used for the planning of experiments on the search for contributions of order 10^(-4) of interactions beyond the Standard model.

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@article{arxiv.1705.07330,
  title  = {Precision analysis of electron energy spectrum and angular distribution of neutron beta decay with polarized neutron and electron},
  author = {A. N. Ivanov and R. Höllwieser and N. I. Troitskaya and M. Wellenzohn and Ya. A. Berdnikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.07330},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figures, The functions in Eq.(A.9) are corrected