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Precision neutron flux measurement using the Alpha-Gamma device by Adamek, Evan R., Dewey, Maynard S., Fomin, Nadia, Gilliam, David M., Greene, Geoffrey L., Hoogerheide, Shannon F., Mumm, Hans P., Nico, Jeffrey S., Snow, William M.

“…The Alpha-Gamma device at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) utilizes neutron capture on a totally absorbing 10 B deposit to measure the…”
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Progress on the BL2 beam measurement of the neutron lifetime by Hoogerheide, Shannon F., Caylor, Jimmy, Adamek, Evan R., Anderson, Eamon S., Biswas, Ripan, Chavali, Sai Meghasena, Crawford, Bret, DeAngelis, Christina, Dewey, Maynard S., Fomin, Nadia, Gilliam, David M., Grammer, Kyle B., Greene, Geoffrey L., Haun, Robert W., Ivanov, Juliet A., Li, Fangchen, Mulholland, Jonathan, Mumm, H. Pieter, Nico, Jeffrey S., Snow, William M., Valete, Daniel, Wietfeldt, Fred E., Yue, Andrew T.

“…A precise value of the neutron lifetime is important in several areas of physics, including determinations of the quark-mixing matrix element | V ud |, related…”
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A neutron trigger detector for pulsed reactor neutron sources by Auler, Julian, Ries, Dieter, Ulmann, Bernd, Adamek, Evan, Engler, Martin, Fertl, Martin, Franz, Konrad, Heil, Werner, Kaufmann, Simon, Pfeifer, Niklas, Roß, Kim, Tsvetkov, Alexandra, Yazdandoost, Noah

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Evaluation of commercial nickel–phosphorus coating for ultracold neutron guides using a pinhole bottling method by Pattie, R.W., Adamek, E.R., Brenner, T., Brandt, A., Broussard, L.J., Callahan, N.B., Clayton, S.M., Cude-Woods, C., Currie, S.A., Geltenbort, P., Ito, T.M., Lauer, T., Liu, C.Y., Majewski, J., Makela, M., Masuda, Y., Morris, C.L., Ramsey, J.C., Salvat, D.J., Saunders, A., Schroffenegger, J., Tang, Z., Wei, W., Wang, Z., Watkins, E., Young, A.R., Zeck, B.A.

“…We report on the evaluation of commercial electroless nickel phosphorus (NiP) coatings for ultracold neutron (UCN) transport and storage. The material…”
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Measurement of spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with nickel phosphorus coated surfaces by Tang, Z., Adamek, E.R., Brandt, A., Callahan, N.B., Clayton, S.M., Currie, S.A., Ito, T.M., Makela, M., Masuda, Y., Morris, C.L., Pattie, R.W., Ramsey, J.C., Salvat, D.J., Saunders, A., Young, A.R.

“…We report a measurement of the spin-flip probabilities for ultracold neutrons interacting with surfaces coated with nickel phosphorus. For 50μm thick nickel…”
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Measurement of the Neutron Beta Decay Lifetime using Magnetically Trapped Ultracold Neutrons by Adamek, Evan Robert

“…The neutron lifetime is an important parameter in the Standard Model of particle physics, with influences on the electroweak interaction and on Big Bang…”
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Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons with an imaging camera and its implications to spectroscopy by Wei, Wanchun, Broussard, L.J., Hoffbauer, M.A., Makela, M., Morris, C.L., Tang, Z., Adamek, E.R., Callahan, N.B., Clayton, S.M., Cude-Woods, C., Currie, S., Dees, E.B., Ding, X., Geltenbort, P., Hickerson, K.P., Holley, A.T., Ito, T.M., Leung, K.K., Liu, C.-Y., Morley, D.J., Ortiz, Jose D., Pattie, R.W., Ramsey, J.C., Saunders, A., Seestrom, S.J., Sharapov, E.I., Sjue, S.K., Wexler, J., Womack, T.L., Young, A.R., Zeck, B.A., Wang, Zhehui

“…Position-sensitive detection of ultracold neutrons (UCNs) is demonstrated using an imaging charge-coupled device (CCD) camera. A spatial resolution less than…”
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A Method for Proton Detector Efficiency Measurement with Applications in Neutron Beta Decay and Lifetime Experiments by Riley, Grant V, Fomin, Nadia, Singh, Jaideep Taggart, Greene, William, Godri, Rebecca, Adamek, Evan, Carter, Eli

“…This article proposes a new method to measure the proton detector efficiency for use in "beam" determinations of the free neutron lifetime. There is currently…”
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A neutron trigger detector for pulsed reactor neutron sources by Auler, Julian, Ries, Dieter, Ulmann, Bernd, Adamek, Evan, Engler, Martin, Fertl, Martin, Franz, Konrad, Heil, Werner, Kaufmann, Simon, Pfeifer, Niklas, Roß, Kim, Tsvetkov, Alexandra, Yazdandoost, Noah

“…A variety of experiments investigating properties of neutrons can be performed at pulsed reactor neutron sources like the research reactor TRIGA Mainz. A…”
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Measurements of ultracold neutron upscattering and absorption in polyethylene and vanadium by Sharapov, E. I., Morris, C. L., Makela, M., Saunders, A., Adamek, Evan R., Bagdasarova, Y., Broussard, L. J., Cude-Woods, C. B., Fellers, Deion E., Geltenbort, Peter, Hasan, S. I., Hickerson, K. P., Hogan, G., Holley, A. T., Liu, Chen-Yu, Mendenhall, M. P., Ortiz, J., Pattie, R. W., Phillips, D. G., Ramsey, J., Salvat, D. J., Seestrom, S. J., Shaw, E., Sjue, S. K. L., Sondheim, W. E., VornDick, B., Wang, Z., Womack, T. L., Young, A. R., Zeck, B. A.

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Upscattering of ultracold neutrons from the polymer [C 6 H 12 ] n by Sharapov, E. I., Morris, C. L., Makela, M., Saunders, A., Adamek, Evan R., Broussard, L. J., Cude-Woods, C. B., Fellers, Deion E., Geltenbort, Peter, Hartl, M., Hasan, S. I., Hickerson, K. P., Hogan, G., Holley, A. T., Lavelle, C. M., Liu, Chen-Yu, Mendenhall, M. P., Ortiz, J., Pattie, R. W., Phillips, D. G., Ramsey, J., Salvat, D. J., Seestrom, S. J., Shaw, E., Sjue, Sky, Sondheim, W. E., VornDick, B., Wang, Z., Womack, T. L., Young, A. R., Zeck, B. A.

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Monte Carlo Simulations of Trapped Ultracold Neutrons in the UCN{\tau} Experiment by Callahan, Nathan, Liu, Chen-Yu, Gonzalez, Francisco, Adamek, Evan, Bowman, James David, Broussard, Leah, Clayton, S. M, Currie, S, Cude-Woods, C, Dees, E. B, Ding, X, Egnel, E. M, Fellers, D, Fox, W, Geltenbort, P, Hickerson, K. P, Hoffbauer, M. A, Holley, A. T, Komives, A, MacDonald, S. W. T, Makela, M, Morris, C. L, Ortiz, J. D, PattieJr, R. W, Ramsey, J, Salvat, D. J, Saunders, A, Seestrom, S. J, Sharapov, E. I, Sjue, S. K. L, Tang, Z, Vanderwerp, J, Vogelaar, B, Walstrom, P. L, Wang, Z, Weaver, H, Wei, W, Wexler, J, Young, A. R, Zeck, B. A

“…Phys. Rev. C 100, 015501 (2019) In the UCN{\tau} experiment, ultracold neutrons (UCN) are confined by magnetic fields and the Earth's gravitational field…”
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The Upscattering of Ultracold Neutrons from the polymer $[C_6 H_{12}]_n by Sharapov, E. I, Morris, C. L, Makela, M, Saunders, A, Adamek, Evan R, Broussard, L. J, Cude-Woods, C. B, Fellers, Deion E, Geltenbort, Peter, Hartl, M, Hasan, S. I, Hickerson, K. P, Hogan, G, Holley, A. T, Lavelle, C. M, Liu, Chen-Yu, Mendenhall, M. P, Ortiz, J, PattieJr, R. W, Ramsey, J, Salvat, D. J, Seestrom, S. J, Shaw, E, Sjue, Sky, Sondheim, W. E, VornDick, B, Wang, Z, Womack, T. L, Young, A. R, Zeck, Bryan A, Phillips, D. G

“…Phys. Rev. C 88, 064605 (2013) It is generally accepted that the main cause of ultracold neutron (UCN) losses in storage traps is the upscattering to the…”
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Measurements of ultracold neutron upscattering and absorption in polyethylene and vanadium by Sharapov, E. I, Morris, C. L, Makela, M, Saunders, A, Adamek, Evan R, Bagdasarova, Yelena, Broussard, L. J, Cude-Woods, C. B, Fellers, Deon E, Geltenbort, Peter, Hasan, S. I, Hickerson, K. P, Hogan, G, Holley, A. T, Liu, Chen-Yu, Mendenhall, M. P, Ortiz, J, PattieJr, R. W, Phillips, D. G, Ramsey, J, Salvat, D. J, Seestrom, S. J, Shaw, E, Sjue, Sky, Sondheim, W. E, VornDick, B, Wang, Z, Womack, T. L, Young, A. R, Zeck, B. A

“…The study of neutron cross sections for elements used as efficient ``absorbers'' of ultracold neutrons (UCN) is crucial for many precision experiments in…”
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