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We report a measurement of the nuclear polarization of laser-cooled, optically-pumped $^{37}mathrm{K}$ atoms which will allow us to precisely measure angular correlation parameters in the beta-decay of the same atoms. These results will be used to test the $V-A$ framework of the weak interaction at high precision. At the TRIUMF Neutral Atom Trap (TRINAT), a magneto-optical trap (MOT) confines and cools neutral $^{37}mathrm{K}$ atoms and optical pumping spin-polarizes them. We monitor the nuclear polarization of the same atoms that are decaying in situ by photoionizing a small fraction of the partially polarized atoms and then use the standard optical Bloch equations to model their population distribution. We obtain an average nuclear polarization of $P = 0.9913pm0.0008$, which is significantly more precise than previous measurements with this technique. Since our current measurement of the beta-asymmetry has $0.2%$ statistical uncertainty, the polarization measurement reported here will not limit its overall uncertainty. This result also demonstrates the capability to measure the polarization to $<0.1%$, allowing for a measurement of angular correlation parameters to this level of precision, which would be competitive in searches for new physics.
Using TRIUMFs neutral atom trap, TRINAT, for nuclear $beta$ decay, we have measured the $beta$ asymmetry with respect to the initial nuclear spin in $^{37}mathrm{K}$ to be $A_beta=-0.5707(13)_mathrm{syst}(13)_mathrm{stat}(5)_mathrm{pol}$, a 0.3% meas
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