A LARGE VOLUME MAGNETIC SHIELDING SYSTEM FOR THE ILL NEUTRON ANTINEUTRON OSCILLATION EXPERIMENT

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作者
BITTER, T
EISERT, F
ELMUZEINI, P
KESSLER, M
KINKEL, U
KLEMT, E
LIPPERT, W
MEIENBURG, W
WERNER, R
GOBRECHT, K
DUBBERS, D
机构
[1] INST MAX VON LAUE PAUL LANGEVIN,F-38042 GRENOBLE,FRANCE
[2] TECH UNIV MUNICH,FAK PHYS E21,W-8046 GARCHING,GERMANY
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10.1016/0168-9002(91)90257-Q
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We describe the magnetic shielding system of the neutron-antineutron oscillation experiment at the ILL, Grenoble. It shields the cold neutron free flight path over a volume of 75 m length and 1 m diameter against external magnetic fields. With a field suppression factor of approximately 10(4), the mean residual magnetic field along the beam is well below 10 nT, which corresponds to a quasi-free neutron propagation efficiency of better than 99%.
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