Ultra-Cold Neutrons

Ultra-Cold Neutrons is the complete, self-contained introduction and review of the field of ultra-cold neutron (UCN) physics. It is suitable as an introduction to the field for research students, as a useful compendium of results and techniques for researchers and is of general interest to non-specialists in other areas of physics such as neutron, atomic and fundamental physics and neutron scattering.

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