{"paper":{"title":"Detection System for Neutron $\\beta$ Decay Correlations in the UCNB and Nab experiments","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["nucl-ex"],"primary_cat":"physics.ins-det","authors_text":"A. E. Brandt, A. Klein, A. P. Sprow, A. R. Young, A. Salas-Bacci, A. Saunders, A. T. Holley, B. A. Zeck, B. Plaster, B. VornDick, C. Crawford, C. Cude-Woods, C. L. Morris, C.-Y. Liu, D. J. Salvat, D. Po\\v{c}ani\\'c, E. B. Dees, E. Frlez, E. R. Adamek, F. E. Gray, H. Li, J. Burkhart, J. C. Ramsey, J. D. Bowman, J. D. Ortiz, J. Fry, J. Hoagland, J. Mirabal-Martinez, J. Wexler, K. P. Hickerson, L. J. Broussard, M. Blatnik, M. Brown, M. F. Makela, N. B. Callahan, N. Birge, N. Fomin, P. L. McGaughey, R. B. Vogelaar, R. W. Pattie Jr., S. Bae{\\ss}ler, S. Currie, S. Hasan, S. I. Penttil\\\"a, S. J. Seestrom, S. K. L. Sjue, S. M. Clayton, T. L. Womack, T. M. Ito, W. S. Wilburn, W. Wei, X. Ding, Z. Tang, Z. Wang","submitted_at":"2016-07-09T20:21:32Z","abstract_excerpt":"We describe a detection system designed for precise measurements of angular correlations in neutron $\\beta$ decay. The system is based on thick, large area, highly segmented silicon detectors developed in collaboration with Micron Semiconductor, Ltd. The prototype system meets specifications for $\\beta$ electron detection with energy thresholds below 10 keV, energy resolution of $\\sim$3 keV FWHM, and rise time of $\\sim$50 ns with 19 of the 127 detector pixels instrumented. Using ultracold neutrons at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, we have demonstrated the coincident detection of $\\beta"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1607.02656","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}