A Direct Measurement of the Neutron-Neutron Scattering Length: Progress and Status

S.L. Stephenson; B.E. Crawford; C.R. Howell; W. Tornow; G.E. Mitchell; W.I. Furman; A.R. Krylov; E.V. Lychagin; A. Yu. Muzichka; G.V. Nekhaev; E.I. Sharapov; V.N. Shvetsov; A.V. Strelkov; Yu. I. Chernukhin; Ya. Z. Kandiev; B.G. Levakov; A.E. Lyzhin

A Direct Measurement of the Neutron-Neutron Scattering Length: Progress and Status

ORAL

Abstract

A direct measurement of the neutron-neutron scattering length $(a_{nn})$ provides a unique contribution to understanding charge symmetry breaking in the nuclear force. A brief status report on such an experiment at the YAGUAR reactor facility will be given.

^*This work was supported in part by ISTC project 2286, RFBR grant 05-02-17636, NSF grants 0555662 and 0107293 and DOE grants DE-FG02-97-ER41042 and DE-FG02-97-ER41033.

Oct. 26, 2006, 1:00 PM – Oct. 26, 2006, 1:12 PM

Authors

S.L. Stephenson
- Gettysburg College
B.E. Crawford
- Gettysburg College
C.R. Howell
W. Tornow
- Duke University and TUNL
G.E. Mitchell
- NC State University and TUNL
W.I. Furman
A.R. Krylov
E.V. Lychagin
A. Yu. Muzichka
G.V. Nekhaev
E.I. Sharapov
V.N. Shvetsov
A.V. Strelkov
- JINR, Dubna, Russia
Yu. I. Chernukhin
Ya. Z. Kandiev
B.G. Levakov
A.E. Lyzhin
- All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, Snezhinsk, Russia