"Upcoming Measurements of the Neutron Lifetime to 1 Second and Why You Should Care"


Jonathan Mulholland , University of Tennessee - Knoxville & NIST
[Host: Donal Day]
ABSTRACT:

The decay of the free neutron is the archetypal charged current semi-leptonic weak process. As such, experimental investigation of the decay process through lifetime and decay correlation measurements provide insight into a wide variety of physics, ranging from fundamental interactions to the formation of the early Universe. I will discuss some of the history of neutron decay measurements, the neutron lifetime's role in big bang nucleosynthesis, and my work on the upcoming in-beam measurement of the neutron lifetime at the NIST Center for Neutron Research.

SLIDESHOW:
Nuclear Physics Seminar
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
3:30 PM
Physics Building, Room 204
Note special room.

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