Levitation Yields Better Neutron-Lifetime Measurement (IMAGE)

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Levitation Yields Better Neutron-Lifetime Measurement

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Trapping ultracold neutrons and measuring their lifespans has been a successful project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory accelerator center, LANSCE. Here, part of the magnet array is shown, with the vacuum vessel end cap removed for magnetic field mapping, performed by Tennessee Technological University physics student Keegan Hoffman. Image credit, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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