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- Title
The WITCH experiment: towards weak interactions studies. Status and prospects.
- Authors
Kozlov, V. Yu.; Beck, M.; Coeck, S.; Herbane, M.; Kraev, I. S.; Severijns, N.; Wauters, F.; Delahaye, P.; Herlert, A.; Wenander, F.; Zákoucký, D.
- Abstract
Primary goal of the WITCH experiment is to test the Standard Model for a possible admixture of a scalar or tensor type interaction in β-decay. This information will be inferred from the shape of the recoil energy spectrum. The experimental set-up was completed and is under intensive commissioning at ISOLDE (CERN). It combines a Penning trap to store the ions and a retardation spectrometer to probe the recoil ion energy. A brief overview of the WITCH set-up and the results of commissioning tests performed until now are presented. Finally, perspectives of the physics program are reviewed.
- Subjects
WEAK interactions (Nuclear physics); PENNING trap mass spectrometry; SPECTROMETERS; MASS spectrometers; SCALAR field theory; SPECTRUM analysis; PHYSICS
- Publication
Hyperfine Interactions, 2006, Vol 172, Issue 1-3, p15
- ISSN
0304-3843
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10751-007-9519-2