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neutron lifetime puzzle: a standalone construct

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disagreement between free-neutron lifetimes measured by counting decay protons in a beam and by counting surviving neutrons in a bottle.

In nuclear physics, neutron lifetime puzzle refers to disagreement between free-neutron lifetimes measured by counting decay protons in a beam and by counting surviving neutrons in a bottle. This meaning comes from Wietfeldt (2011) in Reviews of Modern Physics.[1]

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  1. Wietfeldt, F. E., & Greene, G. L. (2011). Colloquium: The neutron lifetime. Reviews of Modern Physics, 83(4), 1173-1192. https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.83.1173

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