Test of Parity-Conserving Time-Reversal Invariance Using Polarized Neutrons and Nuclear Spin Aligned Holmium
Nuclear Experiment
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
A test of parity-conserving, time-reversal non-invariance (PC TRNI) has been performed in 5.9 MeV polarized neutron transmission through nuclear spin aligned holmium. The experiment searches for the T-violating five-fold correlation via a double modulation technique - flipping the neutron spin while rotating the alignment axis of the holmium. Relative cross sections for spin-up and spin-down neutrons are found to be equal to within (80\% confidence). This is a two order of magnitude improvement compared to traditional detailed balance studies of time reversal, and represents the most precise test of PC TRNI in a dynamical process.
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@article{arxiv.nucl-ex/9605005,
title = {Test of Parity-Conserving Time-Reversal Invariance Using Polarized Neutrons and Nuclear Spin Aligned Holmium},
author = {P. R. Huffman and N. R. Roberson and W. S. Wilburn and C. R. Gould and D. G. Haase and C. D. Keith and B. W. Raichle and M. L. Seely and J. R. Walston},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-ex/9605005},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
4 pages, 2 figures, accepted for 10Jun96 issue of PRL, revtex and psfig