First Measurement of the Neutron β-Asymmetry with Ultracold Neutrons
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R. W. Pattie Jr., 2 J. Anaya, H. O. Back, 2 J. G. Boissevain, T. J. Bowles, L. J. Broussard, R. Carr, D. J. Clark, S. Currie, S. Du, B. W. Filippone, P. Geltenbort, A. Garćıa, A. Hawari, K. P. Hickerson, R. Hill, M. Hino, S. A. Hoedl, 9 G. E. Hogan, A. T. Holley, T. M. Ito, 5 T. Kawai, K. Kirch, S. Kitagaki, S. K. Lamoreaux, C.-Y. Liu, J. Liu, M. Makela, 11 R. R. Mammei, J. W. Martin, 12 D. Melconian, 13 N. Meier, M. P. Mendenhall, C. L. Morris, R. Mortensen, A. Pichlmaier, M. L. Pitt, B. Plaster, 14 J. C. Ramsey, R. Rios, 15 K. Sabourov, A. Sallaska, A. Saunders, R. Schmid, S. Seestrom, C. Servicky, S. K. L. Sjue, D. Smith, W. E. Sondheim, E. Tatar, W. Teasdale, C. Terai, B. Tipton, M. Utsuro, R. B. Vogelaar, B. W. Wehring, Y. P. Xu, A. R. Young, 2 and J. Yuan
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