Published December 11, 2001 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment by crystal diffraction

  • 1. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble (France)

Description

An experiment using a prototype setup to search for the neutron electric dipole moment by measuring spin rotation in a non-centrosymmetric crystal (quartz) was carried out to investigate statistical sensitivity and systematic effects of the method. It has been demonstrated that the concept of the method works. The preliminary result of the experiment is dn=(2.5±6.5)x10-24ecm. The experiment showed that an accuracy of ∼2.5x10-26ecm can be obtained in 100 days data taking, using available quartz crystals and neutron beams.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.050

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2009.07.050;
arXiv
arXiv:0907.1153v2;
PII
S0168-9002(09)01486-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
611
Journal Issue
2-3
Journal Page Range
p. 124-128
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
International workshop on particle physics with slow neutrons
Dates
29-31 May 2009
Place
Grenoble (France)

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Copyright
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