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arxiv: hep-ph/0306039 · v3 · submitted 2003-06-04 · ✦ hep-ph · nucl-th

Neutron - Antineutron Oscillations in a Trap Revisited

classification ✦ hep-ph nucl-th
keywords trapwallscollisionscomponentoscillationsantineutronarbitraryconfined
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We have reexamined the problem of $n-\bar n$ oscillations for ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) confined within a trap. It is shown that for up to $10^3$ collisions with the walls the process can be described in terms of wave packets. The exact equation is derived describing the time-evolution of the $\bar n$-component for an arbitrary number of collisions with the trap walls. The $\bar n$-component grows linearly with time with enhancement factor depending on the reflection properties of the walls.

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