A new cryogenic apparatus to search for the neutron electric dipole moment

M. W. Ahmed; R. Alarcon; A. Aleksandrova; S. Baeßler; L. Barron-Palos; L. M. Bartoszek; D. H. Beck; M. Behzadipour; I. Berkutov; J. Bessuille; M. Blatnik; M. Broering; L. J. Broussard; M. Busch; R. Carr; V. Cianciolo; S. M. Clayton; M. D. Cooper; C. Crawford; S. A. Currie; C. Daurer; R. Dipert; K. Dow; D. Dutta; Y. Efremenko; C. B. Erickson; B. W. Filippone; N. Fomin; H. Gao; R. Golub; C. R. Gould; G. Greene; D. G. Haase; D. Hasell; A. I. Hawari; M. E. Hayden; A. Holley; R. J. Holt; P. R. Huffman; E. Ihloff; S. K. Imam; T. M. Ito; M. Karcz; J. Kelsey; D. P. Kendellen; Y. J. Kim; E. Korobkina; W. Korsch; S. K. Lamoreaux; E. Leggett; K. K.H. Leung; A. Lipman; C. Y. Liu; J. Long; S. W.T. MacDonald; M. Makela; A. Matlashov; J. D. Maxwell; M. Mendenhall; H. O. Meyer; R. G. Milner; P. E. Mueller; N. Nouri; C. M. O'Shaughnessy; C. Osthelder; J. C. Peng; S. I. Penttila; N. S. Phan; B. Plaster; J. C. Ramsey; T. M. Rao; R. P. Redwine; A. Reid; A. Saftah; G. M. Seidel; I. Silvera; S. Slutsky; E. Smith; W. M. Snow; W. Sondheim; S. Sosothikul; T. D.S. Stanislaus; X. Sun; C. M. Swank; Z. Tang; R. Tavakoli Dinani; E. Tsentalovich; C. Vidal; W. Wei; C. R. White; S. E. Williamson; L. Yang; W. Yao; A. R. Young

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A new cryogenic apparatus to search for the neutron electric dipole moment

M. W. Ahmed, R. Alarcon, A. Aleksandrova, S. Baeßler, L. Barron-Palos, L. M. Bartoszek, D. H. Beck, M. Behzadipour, I. Berkutov, J. Bessuille, M. Blatnik, M. Broering, L. J. Broussard, M. Busch, R. Carr, V. Cianciolo, S. M. Clayton, M. D. Cooper, C. Crawford, S. A. CurrieC. Daurer, R. Dipert, K. Dow, D. Dutta, Y. Efremenko, C. B. Erickson, B. W. Filippone, N. Fomin, H. Gao, R. Golub, C. R. Gould, G. Greene, D. G. Haase, D. Hasell, A. I. Hawari, M. E. Hayden, A. Holley, R. J. Holt, P. R. Huffman, E. Ihloff, S. K. Imam, T. M. Ito, M. Karcz, J. Kelsey, D. P. Kendellen, Y. J. Kim, E. Korobkina, W. Korsch, S. K. Lamoreaux, E. Leggett, K. K.H. Leung, A. Lipman, C. Y. Liu, J. Long, S. W.T. MacDonald, M. Makela, A. Matlashov, J. D. Maxwell, M. Mendenhall, H. O. Meyer, R. G. Milner, P. E. Mueller, N. Nouri, C. M. O'Shaughnessy, C. Osthelder, J. C. Peng, S. I. Penttila, N. S. Phan, B. Plaster, J. C. Ramsey, T. M. Rao, R. P. Redwine, A. Reid, A. Saftah, G. M. Seidel, I. Silvera, S. Slutsky, E. Smith, W. M. Snow, W. Sondheim, S. Sosothikul, T. D.S. Stanislaus, X. Sun, C. M. Swank, Z. Tang, R. Tavakoli Dinani, E. Tsentalovich, C. Vidal, W. Wei, C. R. White, S. E. Williamson, L. Yang, W. Yao, A. R. Young

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Abstract

A cryogenic apparatus is described that enables a new experiment, nEDM@SNS, with a major improvement in sensitivity compared to the existing limit in the search for a neutron Electric Dipole Moment (EDM). This apparatus uses superfluid ⁴He to produce a high density of Ultra-Cold Neutrons (UCN) which are contained in a suitably coated pair of measurement cells. The experiment, to be operated at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, uses polarized ³He from an Atomic Beam Source injected into the superfluid ⁴He and transported to the measurement cells where it serves as a co-magnetometer. The superfluid ⁴He is also used as an insulating medium allowing significantly higher electric fields, compared to previous experiments, to be maintained across the measurement cells. These features provide an ultimate statistical uncertainty for the EDM of 2-3× 10^-28 e-cm, with anticipated systematic uncertainties below this level.

Original language	English
Article number	P11017
Journal	Journal of Instrumentation
Volume	14
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/11/P11017
State	Published - 2019

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National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program	1506416, 1440011, 1506459, 1205977, 1306547, 1812340
National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program

Keywords

Large detector systems for particle and astroparticle physics
Neutron detectors (cold
Noble liquid detectors (scintillation
double-phase)9Cryogenic detectors
fast neutrons)
ionization
thermal

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Instrumentation
Mathematical Physics

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Ahmed, M. W., Alarcon, R., Aleksandrova, A., Baeßler, S., Barron-Palos, L., Bartoszek, L. M., Beck, D. H., Behzadipour, M., Berkutov, I., Bessuille, J., Blatnik, M., Broering, M., Broussard, L. J., Busch, M., Carr, R., Cianciolo, V., Clayton, S. M., Cooper, M. D., Crawford, C., ... Young, A. R. (2019). A new cryogenic apparatus to search for the neutron electric dipole moment. Journal of Instrumentation, 14(11), Article P11017. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/14/11/P11017

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AU - Hawari, A. I.

AU - Hayden, M. E.

AU - Holley, A.

AU - Holt, R. J.

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AU - Ihloff, E.

AU - Imam, S. K.

AU - Ito, T. M.

AU - Karcz, M.

AU - Kelsey, J.

AU - Kendellen, D. P.

AU - Kim, Y. J.

AU - Korobkina, E.

AU - Korsch, W.

AU - Lamoreaux, S. K.

AU - Leggett, E.

AU - Leung, K. K.H.

AU - Lipman, A.

AU - Liu, C. Y.

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AU - Matlashov, A.

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AU - Peng, J. C.

AU - Penttila, S. I.

AU - Phan, N. S.

AU - Plaster, B.

AU - Ramsey, J. C.

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A new cryogenic apparatus to search for the neutron electric dipole moment

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