Published September 21, 2015 | Version v1
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Deuterated polyethylene coatings for ultra-cold neutron applications

Creators

  • 1. Institut Laue-Langevin, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9 (France)
  • 2. Physikdepartment, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching (Germany)
  • 3. Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching (Germany)
  • 4. Physik-Department E21 & Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ), Technische Universität München, D-85747 Garching (Germany)
  • 5. Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research, Outstation at MLZ, Lichtenbergstr. 1, 85747 Garching (Germany)

Description

We report on the fabrication and use of deuterated polyethylene as a coating material for ultra-cold neutron (UCN) storage and transport. The Fermi potential has been determined to be 214 neV, and the wall loss coefficient η is 1.3 × 104 per wall collision. The coating technique allows for a wide range of applications in this field of physics. In particular, flexible and quasi-massless UCN guides with slit-less shutters and seamless UCN storage volumes become possible. These properties enable the use in next-generation measurements of the electric dipole moment of the neutron

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.4931388;
arXiv
arXiv:1502.06252v3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
107
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 121604-121604.4
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLAB

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47052098
Subject category
S38: RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
CHEMICAL PREPARATION; COATINGS; DEUTERATION; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; EV RANGE; FABRICATION; POLYETHYLENES; ULTRACOLD NEUTRONS
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COLD NEUTRONS; DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC MOMENTS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; HADRONS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYMERS; POLYOLEFINS; SYNTHESIS

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