Hüsken, N; Danilkin, I; Hagelstein, F
(Ed.)
The current three sigma tension in the unitarity test of the Cabbibo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix is a notable problem with the Standard Model of elementary particle physics. A long-standing goal of the study of free neutron beta decay is to better determine the CKM elementVudthrough measurements of the neutron lifetime and a decay correlation parameter. The Nab collaboration intends to measurea, the neutrino-electron correlation, with accuracy sufficient for a competitive evaluation ofVudbased on neutron decay data alone. This paper gives a status report and an outlook.
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