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ROBSON 1950B

Robson, J.M.;
Radioactive Decay of the Neutron
Phys. Rev. 78 (1950) 311;

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

Summary
By using a thin magnetic lens spectrometer in conjunction with an electrostatic field, the positive particle from the radioactive decay of the neutron has been identified as a proton.
The number of protons collected has been estimated to give a value for the half life of the neutron lying between 9 and 25 min. (Extracted from the introductory part of the paper.).

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Related references
More (earlier) information appears in
J. M. Robson, Rev. Sci. Inst. 19 (1948) 865;
See also
V. K. Zworykin and J. A. Rajchman, Proc. I.R.E. 27 (1939) 558;

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Further confirmation of neutron beta decay.

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