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We have observed the cooling of ultracold neutrons during their long storage in a trap, with a probability estimated as 1×10−6/reflection and with an energy transfer of about 3 neV.
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Pis’ma Zh. Éksp. Teor. Fiz. 68, No. 9, 663–666 (10 November 1998)
Published in English in the original Russian journal. Edited by Steve Torstveit.
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Bondarenko, L., Korobkina, E., Morozov, V. et al. Cooling of ultracold neutrons during their long storage in a trap. Jetp Lett. 68, 691–695 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.567930
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