Abstract

Beta - neutrino correlation measurements are key in the research of physics beyond the Standard Model. In pure Fermi beta transitions, the beta-neutrino correlation coefficient, a βν, is sensitive to the presence of scalar currents. The present limits were established by experimental studies of various nuclear systems with allowed Fermi transitions. A new experiment to improve the constraints on scalar currents is being developed, by the WISArD collaboration at ISOLDE/CERN, where the aim is to measure the energy shift of the β-delayed protons emitted from the isobaric analogue state of the 32Ar ground state. To enhance the sensitivity, protons and positrons are guided by a strong magnetic field and measured in coincidence between the two detection configurations located on both sides of a catcher foil in which the radioactive samples are implanted. Kinematic energy shifts of the protons in coincidence with positrons, in the same or opposite hemisphere of the catcher foil, will be more or less pronounced as a function of the possible scalar current component of the weak interaction. Details of the apparatus and preliminary results of the experiment are presented.

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Title
Scalar current limit from the beta-neutrino correlation: the WISArD experiment
Author
Araujo-Escalona, V 1 ; Alfaurt, P 2 ; Ascher, P 2 ; Atanasov, D 3 ; Blank, B 2 ; Daudin, L 2 ; Fléchard, X 4 ; Gerbaux, M 2 ; Giovinazzo, J 2 ; Grévy, S 2 ; Nieto, T Kurtukian 2 ; Liénard, E 4 ; Nies, L 5 ; Quéméner, G 4 ; Roche, M 2 ; Severijns, N 1 ; Vanlangendonck, S 1 ; Versteegen, M 2 ; Wagenknecht, P 1 ; Zakoucky, D 6 

 KU Leuven, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. 
 CEN Bordeaux-Gradignan, 19 Chemin du Solarium, CS 10120, F-33175 Gradignan, France. 
 KU Leuven, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.; CERN, CH-1211 Genève 23, Switzerland. 
 LPC Caen, ENSICAEN, Université de Caen, CNRS/IN2P3, Caen, France. 
 II. Physics Institute, University of Giessen, Germany. 
 Nuclear Physics Institute CAS, Řež, Czech Republic. 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Aug 2019
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2567941087
Copyright
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