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Measurement of the neutron lifetime by counting trapped protons in a cold neutron beam
A measurement of the neutron lifetime ${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{n}$ performed by the absolute counting of in-beam neutrons and their decay protons has been completed. Protons confined in a quasi-Penning trap were accelerated onto a silicon detector held at a high potential and counted with nearly unit efficiency. The neutrons were counted by …