Analyzing aCORN Experiment Data

A precise measurement of the electron-antineutrino angular correlation coefficient in neutron beta decays, parameterized by ``a'', can be used to test the standard electroweak model. The aCORN collaboration will measure ``a'' to 1{\%} uncertainty. aCORN employs a kinematic approach to divide decays into two classes; the relative probability of a decay being in each class is related to ``a''. The results of aCORN's preliminary data run, completed last spring, are being analyzed to prepare for the physics run starting in February 2012. An algorithm to extract ``a'' from the data and the effects of the experimental parameters on the measured value of ``a'' are discussed.