Storage of ultracold neutrons in high resistivity, non-magnetic materials with high Fermi potential

被引：25

作者：

Bodek, K. ^{[2
]}

Daum, M. ^{[1
]}

Henneck, R. ^{[1
]}

Heule, S. ^{[1
,3
]}

Kasprzak, M. ^{[1
,4
]}

Kirch, K. ^{[1
]}

Knecht, A. ^{[1
,3
]}

Kuzniak, M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Lauss, B. ^{[1
]}

Meier, M. ^{[1
]}

Petzoldt, G. ^{[1
]}

Schneider, M. ^{[1
]}

Zsigmond, G. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Paul Scherrer Inst, CH-3052 Villigen, Switzerland

[2] Jagiellonian Univ, Smoluchowski Inst Phys, Krakow, Poland

[3] Univ Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland

[4] Stefan Meyer Inst, Vienna, Austria

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2008年 / 597卷 / 2-3期

关键词：

Ultracold neutron storage; Fermi potential; Neutron reflection; Deuterated polystyrene; Deuterated polyethylene;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2008.09.018

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

We report the use of deuterated polystyrene (dPS) and deuterated polyethylene (dPE) for the storage of ultracold neutrons (UCN) in an experiment to search for a finite neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM). The Fermi potential of thin film coatings on silicon was measured by cold neutron reflectometry as V(dPS) = (161 +/- 10) neV and V(dPE) = (214 +/- 10) neV. The UCN loss factor at room temperature of a dPS-coated polystyrene insulator is eta = (3 +/- 1) x 10(-4). (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：222 / 226

页数：5

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