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SNELL 1950

Snell, A.H.; Pleasonton, F.; McCord, R.V.;
Radioactive Decay of the Neutron
Phys. Rev. 78 (1950) 310;

Reprinted in
(translation into Russian) Usp. Fiz. Nauk 42 (1950) 311.
The Physical Review - the First Hundred Years, AIP Press (1995) CD-ROM.

Abstracts
Positive results have been obtained with an apparatus designed to record electron-proton coincidences. The observations are consistent with neutrons in free flight transforming into protons, and electrons of max. energy less than 0.9 MeV. The half life has not yet been evaluated accurately but probably lies between 10 and 30 minutes. (Science Abstracts, 1950, 6745. C. O. Baines.).

Accelerator REACTOR Detectors CNTR

Related references
See also
J. Chadwick and M. Goldhaber, Proc. Roy. Soc. A151 (1935) 479;

Experiment comments
Triple coincidence with 0.25 sec proton signal delay.

Reactions

n p e– neutral

Particles studied

n

w

Record comments
Confirmation of neutron beta decay.

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