${{\mathit N}}$ BARYONS
($\mathit S$ = 0, $\mathit I$ = 1/2)
${{\mathit p}}$, ${{\mathit N}^{+}}$ = ${\mathit {\mathit u}}$ ${\mathit {\mathit u}}$ ${\mathit {\mathit d}}$; ${{\mathit n}}$, ${{\mathit N}^{0}}$ = ${\mathit {\mathit u}}$ ${\mathit {\mathit d}}$ ${\mathit {\mathit d}}$
INSPIRE   JSON PDGID:
S017

${{\mathit n}}$

$I(J^P)$ = $1/2(1/2^{+})$ 
We have omitted some results that have been superseded by later experiments. See our earlier editions. Anyone interested in the neutron should look at these two review articles: D. Dubbers and M.G. Schmidt, ``The neutron and its role in cosmology and particle physics,'' Reviews of Modern Physics 83 1111 (2011); and F.E. Wietfeldt and G.L. Greene, ``The neutron lifetime,'' Reviews of Modern Physics 83 1173 (2011).
See related review:
Baryon Decay Parameters
${{\mathit n}}$ MASS (atomic mass units u)   $1.0086649160 \pm0.0000000005$ u 
 
${{\mathit n}}$ MASS (MeV)   $939.5654205 \pm0.0000005$ MeV 
 
${{\overline{\mathit n}}}$ MASS   $939.49 \pm0.05$ MeV 
 
(${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit n}}}–{\mathit m}_{{{\overline{\mathit n}}}}$ )/ ${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit n}}}$   $(9 \pm5) \times 10^{-5}$  
 
${\mathit m}_{{{\mathit n}}}–{\mathit m}_{{{\mathit p}}}$   $1.2933324 \pm0.0000005$ MeV 
 
${{\mathit n}}$ MEAN LIFE   $878.4 \pm0.5$ s (S = 1.8)
 
${{\mathit n}}$ MAGNETIC MOMENT   $-1.9130427 \pm0.0000005$ $\mu _{\mathit N}$ 
 
${{\mathit n}}$ ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENT   $<1.8 \times 10^{-26}$ $\mathit e~$cm  CL=90.0%
 
${{\mathit n}}$ MEAN-SQUARE CHARGE RADIUS   $-0.1155 \pm0.0017$ fm${}^{2}$ 
 
${{\mathit n}}$ MAGNETIC RADIUS   $0.864 {}^{+0.009}_{-0.008}$ fm 
 
${{\mathit n}}$ ELECTRIC POLARIZABILITY ${{\mathit \alpha}_{{{n}}}}$   $0.00118 \pm0.00011$ fm${}^{3}$ 
 
${{\mathit n}}$ MAGNETIC POLARIZABILITY ${{\mathit \beta}_{{{n}}}}$   $(3.7 \pm1.2) \times 10^{-4}$ fm${}^{3}$ 
 
${{\mathit n}}$ CHARGE   $(-2 \pm8) \times 10^{-22}$ $\mathit e$ 
 
LIMIT ON ${{\mathit n}}{{\overline{\mathit n}}}$ OSCILLATIONS
Mean Time for ${{\mathit n}}{{\overline{\mathit n}}}$ Transition   $>8.6 \times 10^{7}$ s  CL=90.0%
 
LIMIT ON ${{\mathit n}}{{\mathit n}^{\,'}}$ OSCILLATIONS   $> 448$ s  CL=90.0%
 
${{\mathit n}}$ $\rightarrow$ ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{e}}}}$ DECAY PARAMETERS
$\lambda {}\equiv{\mathit g}_{{{\mathit A}}}$ $/$ ${\mathit g}_{{{\mathit V}}}$   $-1.2754 \pm0.0013$  (S = 2.7)
 
${{\mathit e}^{-}}$ ASYMMETRY PARAMETER $\mathit A$   $-0.11958 \pm0.00021$  (S = 1.2)
 
${{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{e}}}}$ ASYMMETRY PARAMETER $\mathit B$   $0.9807 \pm0.0030$  
 
PROTON ASYMMETRY PARAMETER $\mathit C$   $-0.2377 \pm0.0026$  
 
${{\mathit e}}-{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{e}}}}$ ANGULAR CORRELATION COEFFICIENT $\mathit a$   $-0.1049 \pm0.0013$  (S = 1.8)
 
$\phi _{\mathit AV}$, PHASE OF ${\mathit g}_{{{\mathit A}}}$ RELATIVE TO ${\mathit g}_{{{\mathit V}}}$   $180.017 \pm0.026$ $^\circ{}$ 
 
TRIPLE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT $\mathit D$   $(-1.2 \pm2.0) \times 10^{-4}$  
 
TRIPLE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT $\mathit R$   $0.004 \pm0.013$  
 
FIERZ INTERFERENCE TERM $\mathit b$   $0.017 \pm0.020$  
 
$\Gamma_{1}$ ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{e}}}}$   $(100)\%$ 1
 
$\Gamma_{2}$ ${{\mathit p}}{{\mathit e}^{-}}{{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{e}}}}{{\mathit \gamma}}$  [1] $(9.2\pm{0.7})\times 10^{-3}$ 1
 
$\Gamma_{3}$ hydrogen-atom ${{\overline{\mathit \nu}}_{{{e}}}}$   $<2.7\times 10^{-3}$ CL=95% 1
 
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