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A New World Average Value for the Neutron Lifetime

Nuclear Experiment 2014-11-21 v2

Abstract

The analysis of the data on measurements of the neutron lifetime is presented. A new most accurate result of the measurement of neutron lifetime [Phys. Lett. B 605 (2005) 72] 878.5 +/- 0.8 s differs from the world average value [Phys. Lett. B 667 (2008) 1] 885.7 +/- 0.8 s by 6.5 standard deviations. In this connection the analysis and Monte Carlo simulation of experiments [Phys. Lett. B 483 (2000) 15] and [Phys. Rev. Lett. 63 (1989) 593] is carried out. Systematic errors of about -6 s are found in each of the experiments. The summary table for the neutron lifetime measurements after corrections and additions is given. A new world average value for the neutron lifetime 879.9 +/- 0.9 s is presented.

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@article{arxiv.1005.4312,
  title  = {A New World Average Value for the Neutron Lifetime},
  author = {A. P. Serebrov and A. K. Fomin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.4312},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

27 pages, 13 figures; Fig.13 updated

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