Neutron electric dipole moment and possibilities of increasing accuracy of experiments
- Authors: Serebrov A.P.1, Kolomenskiy E.A.1, Pirozhkov A.N.1, Krasnoshchekova I.A.1, Vasiliev A.V.1, Polyushkin A.O.1, Lasakov M.S.1, Murashkin A.N.1, Solovey V.A.1, Fomin A.K.1, Shoka I.V.1, Zherebtsov O.M.1, Aleksandrov E.B.2, Dmitriev S.P.2, Dovator N.A.2, Geltenbort P.3, Ivanov S.N.3, Zimmer O.3
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Affiliations:
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
- Ioffe Physical Technical Institute
- Institut Max von Laue–Paul Langevin
- Issue: Vol 61, No 1 (2016)
- Pages: 129-138
- Section: Diffraction and Scattering of Neutrons
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7745/article/view/189715
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063774516010193
- ID: 189715
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Abstract
The paper reports the results of an experiment on searching for the neutron electric dipole moment (EDM), performed on the ILL reactor (Grenoble, France). The double-chamber magnetic resonance spectrometer (Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)) with prolonged holding of ultra cold neutrons has been used. Sources of possible systematic errors are analyzed, and their influence on the measurement results is estimated. The ways and prospects of increasing accuracy of the experiment are discussed.
About the authors
A. P. Serebrov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Author for correspondence.
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
E. A. Kolomenskiy
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
A. N. Pirozhkov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
I. A. Krasnoshchekova
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
A. V. Vasiliev
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
A. O. Polyushkin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
M. S. Lasakov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
A. N. Murashkin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
V. A. Solovey
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
A. K. Fomin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
I. V. Shoka
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
O. M. Zherebtsov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, 188300
E. B. Aleksandrov
Ioffe Physical Technical Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021
S. P. Dmitriev
Ioffe Physical Technical Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021
N. A. Dovator
Ioffe Physical Technical Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021
P. Geltenbort
Institut Max von Laue–Paul Langevin
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
France, Grenoble Cedex 9, 38042
S. N. Ivanov
Institut Max von Laue–Paul Langevin
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
France, Grenoble Cedex 9, 38042
O. Zimmer
Institut Max von Laue–Paul Langevin
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
France, Grenoble Cedex 9, 38042