Search for new physics in beta-neutrino correlations with the WITCH spectrometer

  • D. Beck
  • , F. Ames
  • , M. Beck
  • , G. Bollen
  • , B. Delauré
  • , J. Deutsch
  • , J. Dilling
  • , O. Forstner
  • , T. Phalet
  • , R. Prieels
  • , W. Quint
  • , P. Schmidt
  • , P. Schuurmans
  • , N. Severijns
  • , B. Vereecke
  • , S. Versyck

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Abstract

The WITCH (Weak Interaction Trap for CHarged particles) experiment is a retardation spectrometer coupled to a Penning trap and measures the beta-neutrino angular correlation via the shape of the recoil energy spectrom. The present form of the Standard Model describes weak processes in terms of vector and axial-vector type interactions, but the possible presence of scalar and tensor interactions is not yet ruled out. The main aim of this experiment is a test of the Standard Model for possible admixture of scalar and tensor currents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)369-372
Number of pages4
JournalNuclear Physics A
Volume701
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 22 2002

Keywords

  • Beta-neutrino angular correlation
  • Penning trap
  • Standard model
  • Weak interaction

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