New result for the neutron $beta$-asymmetry parameter $A_0$ from UCNA


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The neutron $beta$-decay asymmetry parameter $A_0$ defines the correlation between the spin of the neutron and the momentum of the emitted electron, which determines $lambda=frac{g_{A}}{g_{V}}$, the ratio of the axial-vector to vector weak coupling constants. The UCNA Experiment, located at the Ultracold Neutron facility at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, is the first to measure such a correlation coefficient using ultracold neutrons (UCN). Following improvements to the systematic uncertainties and increased statistics, we report the new result $A_0 = -0.12054(44)_{mathrm{stat}}(68)_{mathrm{syst}}$ which yields $lambdaequiv frac{g_{A}}{g_{V}}=-1.2783(22)$. Combination with the previous UCNA result and accounting for correlated systematic uncertainties produces $A_0=-0.12015(34)_{mathrm{stat}}(63)_{mathrm{syst}}$ and $lambdaequiv frac{g_{A}}{g_{V}}=-1.2772(20)$.

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