Cryogenic magnetic coil and superconducting magnetic shield for neutron electric dipole moment searches

S. Slutsky; C. M. Swank; A. Biswas; R. Carr; J. Escribano; B. W. Filippone; W. C. Griffith; M. Mendenhall; N. Nouri; C. Osthelder; A. Pérez Galván; R. Picker; B. Plaster

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Cryogenic magnetic coil and superconducting magnetic shield for neutron electric dipole moment searches

S. Slutsky, C. M. Swank, A. Biswas, R. Carr, J. Escribano, B. W. Filippone, W. C. Griffith, M. Mendenhall, N. Nouri, C. Osthelder, A. Pérez Galván, R. Picker, B. Plaster

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A magnetic coil operated at cryogenic temperatures is used to produce spatial, relative field gradients below 6 ppm/cm, stable for several hours. The apparatus is a prototype of the magnetic components for a neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) search, which will take place at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory using ultra-cold neutrons (UCN). That search requires a uniform magnetic field to mitigate systematic effects and obtain long polarization lifetimes for neutron spin precession measurements. This paper details upgrades to a previously described apparatus [1], particularly the introduction of super-conducting magnetic shielding and the associated cryogenic apparatus. The magnetic gradients observed are sufficiently low for the nEDM search at SNS.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	36-48
Number of pages	13
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	862
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.05.005
State	Published - Aug 1 2017

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Keywords

Cryogenic
Electric dipole moment
Geometric phase
Magnetic fields
Magnetic gradients
Superconducting

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Instrumentation

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Slutsky, S., Swank, C. M., Biswas, A., Carr, R., Escribano, J., Filippone, B. W., Griffith, W. C., Mendenhall, M., Nouri, N., Osthelder, C., Pérez Galván, A., Picker, R., & Plaster, B. (2017). Cryogenic magnetic coil and superconducting magnetic shield for neutron electric dipole moment searches. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 862, 36-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.05.005

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In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 862, 01.08.2017, p. 36-48.

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