The Neutron and the Universe - History of a Relationship
Abstract
We discuss selected topics in the field of particle- and astrophysics with neutrons. They have a direct link with our understanding of the history of the Universe and are related to recent, ongoing or future measurements. They deal with the structure of space-time (tests of gravitation at small distance scales), search for an electric dipole moment of the neutron (CP-violation and the origin of matter in the Universe), the neutron lifetime (rate of primordial nucleosynthesis) and the two-body decay of the neutron testing the V--A structure of weak interaction (right-handed neutrinos and the very early Universe). We describe the status, measurement methods and highlight experimental challenges.
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@article{arxiv.1205.2451,
title = {The Neutron and the Universe - History of a Relationship},
author = {Stephan Paul},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.2451},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
23 pages, 15 figs, Proceedings of the Bormio winter meeting 2012