Apparatus for measurement of the electric dipole moment of the neutron using a cohabiting atomic-mercury magnetometer

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作者
Baker, C. A. [1 ]
Chibane, Y. [2 ]
Chouder, M. [2 ]
Geltenbort, P. [3 ]
Green, K. [1 ]
Harris, P. G. [2 ]
Heckel, B. R. [4 ]
Iaydjiev, P. [1 ]
Ivanov, S. N. [1 ]
Kilvington, I. [1 ]
Lamoreaux, S. K. [4 ]
May, D. J. [2 ]
Pendlebury, J. M. [2 ]
Richardson, J. D. [2 ]
Shiers, D. B. [2 ]
Smith, K. F. [2 ]
van der Grinten, M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Rutherford Appleton Lab, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[2] Univ Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, E Sussex, England
[3] Inst Max Von Laue Paul Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble 9, France
[4] Univ Washington, Dept Phys, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
基金
英国科学技术设施理事会;
关键词
Neutron; EDM; Mercury magnetometer; IMPROVED UPPER LIMIT; CP VIOLATION; SEARCH; STORAGE; COLD; RESONANCE;
D O I
10.1016/j.nima.2013.10.005
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A description is presented of apparatus used to carry out an experimental search for an electric dipole moment of the neutron, at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), Grenoble. The experiment incorporated a cohabiting atomic-mercury magnetometer in order to reduce spurious signals from magnetic field fluctuations. The result has been published in an earlier letter [1] here, the methods and equipment used are discussed in detail. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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