Project on searching for neutron-antineutron oscillation at the WWR-M reactor
Abstract
Supersource of ultracold neutrons on the basis of superfluid helium is under construction in PNPI NRC KI. It must provide UCN density 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than existing sources. For the new source we propose an experiment on search for neutron-antineutron oscillations based on the storage of ultracold neutrons in a material trap. The sensitivity of the experiment mostly depends on the trap size and the amount of UCN in it. The geometric configuration of the experimental setup was developed based on the MC simulations of neutrons trajectories into the trap. To calculate detector efficiency the GEANT4 model of the detector was created.
- Publication:
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Journal of Physics Conference Series
- Pub Date:
- November 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1742-6596/1390/1/012133
- Bibcode:
- 2019JPhCS1390a2133F