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Ultracold Neutrons
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9789811212703
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: Jul 8 2020
Pages: 500
Weight: 1.84
Height: 1.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Ultracold Neutrons is a guide to a fascinating topic. It describes how a simple new idea in experimental neutron physics has changed the landscape of what is often called fundamental physics. Ultracold neutrons (UCNs) are neutrons moving at the low speed of a bicycle rider. They were produced for the first time 50 years ago (in 1968) and are distinguished from ordinary neutrons with much higher energies by their ability to be confined in neutron bottles for durations up to several hundred seconds. This is possible since they are reflected back and forth from the container walls many thousands of times with very little loss. As a result of these long observation times, their properties and interactions with the environment can be studied with superb precision.
Directed towards a general readership, this book is an excellent introduction to a field of research that is not highly specialized but touches on many aspects of our physical world, classical as well as quantum mechanical.
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