A magnetically shielded room with ultra low residual field and gradient

被引:82
作者
Altarev, I. [1 ]
Babcock, E. [2 ]
Beck, D. [3 ]
Burghoff, M. [4 ]
Chesnevskaya, S. [1 ]
Chupp, T. [5 ]
Degenkolb, S. [5 ]
Fan, I. [4 ]
Fierlinger, P. [6 ,7 ]
Frei, A. [8 ]
Gutsmiedl, E. [1 ]
Knappe-Grueneberg, S. [4 ]
Kuchler, F. [1 ]
Lauer, T. [8 ]
Link, P. [8 ]
Lins, T. [1 ]
Marino, M. [1 ]
McAndrew, J. [1 ]
Niessen, B. [1 ]
Paul, S. [1 ]
Petzoldt, G. [1 ]
Schlaepfer, U. [9 ]
Schnabel, A. [4 ]
Sharma, S. [3 ]
Singh, J. [1 ]
Stoepler, R. [1 ]
Stuiber, S. [1 ]
Sturm, M. [1 ]
Taubenheim, B. [1 ]
Trahms, L. [4 ]
Voigt, J. [4 ]
Zechlau, T. [8 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Munich, Dept Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[2] Julich Ctr Neutron Sci, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[3] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[4] Phys Tech Bundesanstalt Berlin, D-10587 Berlin, Germany
[5] Univ Michigan, Dept Phys, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[6] Tech Univ Munich, Dept Phys, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[7] Fierlinger Magnet GmbH, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[8] Forsch Neutronenquelle Heinz Meier Leibnitz, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[9] IMEDCO AG, CH-4614 Hagendorf, Switzerland
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
ELECTRIC-DIPOLE MOMENT; VIOLATION; NEUTRON;
D O I
10.1063/1.4886146
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A versatile and portable magnetically shielded room with a field of (700 +/- 200) pT within a central volume of 1 m x 1 m x 1 m and a field gradient less than 300 pT/m, achieved without any external field stabilization or compensation, is described. This performance represents more than a hundredfold improvement of the state of the art for a two-layer magnetic shield and provides an environment suitable for a next generation of precision experiments in fundamental physics at low energies; in particular, searches for electric dipole moments of fundamental systems and tests of Lorentz-invariance based on spin-precession experiments. Studies of the residual fields and their sources enable improved design of future ultra-low gradient environments and experimental apparatus. This has implications for developments of magnetometry beyond the femto-Tesla scale in, for example, biomagnetism, geosciences, and security applications and in general low-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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