Measurement of PV asymmetry in n+p→d+γ and γ+d→n+p
- Received Date: 2010-03-04
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 2010-09-05
Abstract:
The measurement of parity-violating (PV) observables in few-nucleon system can shed light on our current understanding of the weak interaction between nucleons. Theoretical models describe the nucleon-nucleon weak interaction at low energies use a series of undetermined parameters. Two parity violating measurements have been considered: the capture of polarized slow neutrons on hydrogen (n+p→d+γ) at Los Alamos National Laboratory for first phase and Oka Ridge National Laboratory for second phase and the helicity dependence of the deuteron photodisintegration cross section using circularly polarized photons (\γ+d→n+p) at Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics. The goal of both experiments is to constraint the weak meson-nucleon couplings to a precision of 1×10-8. The introduction of both experiments is presented.