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VOLUME 45 (1987) | ISSUE 11 | PAGE 515
Search for parity-violation effects in the total neutron cross section of uranium-233 nuclei
The weak polarization which a beam of thermal neutrons acquires as a result of parity violation in the total neutron cross section has been measured. The parity violation stems from the dependence of the cross section on the helicity of the incident neutrons in an interaction with uranium-233 nuclei. The asymmetry found in the total cross section by this procedure, ( — 0.9 ± 1.1) X 10 ~7, does not support the theoretical predictions of this quantity. A way to interpret the experimental data in terms of known resonances is pointed out.