Direct nn-Scattering Measurement With the Pulsed Reactor YAGUAR.
Although crucial for resolving the issue of charge symmetry in the nuclear force, direct measurement of nn-scattering by colliding free neutrons has never been performed. At present the Russian pulsed reactor YAGUAR is the best neutron source for performing such a measurement. It has a through channel where the neutron moderator is installed. The neutrons are counted by a neutron detector located 12 m from the reactor. In preliminary experiments an instantaneous value of 1.1 × 10(18)/cm(2)s was obtained for the thermal neutron flux density. The experiment will be performed by the DIANNA Collaboration as International Science & Technology Center (ISTC) project No. 2286.
North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, USA 27695-8202.
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Mitchell
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
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WI
Furman
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
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EV
Lychagin
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
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Muzichka
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
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Nekhaev
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
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Strelkov
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
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EI
Sharapov
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia.
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Shvetsov
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, P.O. Box 245, 456770 Snezhinsk, Russia.
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YI
Chernuhin
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, P.O. Box 245, 456770 Snezhinsk, Russia.
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BG
Levakov
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, P.O. Box 245, 456770 Snezhinsk, Russia.
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Litvin
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, P.O. Box 245, 456770 Snezhinsk, Russia.
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Lyzhin
Russian Federal Nuclear Center-All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, P.O. Box 245, 456770 Snezhinsk, Russia.
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Magda
Gettysburg College, Box 405, Gettysburg PA, USA 17325.
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Crawford
Gettysburg College, Box 405, Gettysburg PA, USA 17325.
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Stephenson
Duke University and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham NC, USA 27708-0308.
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Howell
Duke University and Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Durham NC, USA 27708-0308.
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Tornow
charge-symmetry breaking; nn-scattering; pulsed reactor