Magnetic-field uniformity in neutron electric-dipole-moment experiments

C. Abel, N. J. Ayres, T. Baker, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, C. B. Crawford, P. J. Chiu, E. Chanel, Z. Chowdhuri, M. Daum, B. Dechenaux, S. Emmenegger, L. Ferraris-Bouchez, P. Flaux, P. Geltenbort, K. Green, W. C. Griffith, M. Van Der GrintenP. G. Harris, R. Henneck, N. Hild, P. Iaydjiev, S. N. Ivanov, M. Kasprzak, Y. Kermaidic, K. Kirch, H. C. Koch, S. Komposch, P. A. Koss, A. Kozela, J. Krempel, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, Y. Lemiere, A. Leredde, P. Mohanmurthy, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, G. Quéméner, M. Rawlik, D. Rebreyend, D. Ries, S. Roccia, D. Rozpedzik, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, A. Schnabel, N. Severijns, R. Virot, A. Weis, E. Wursten, G. Wyszynski, J. Zejma, G. Zsigmond

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Abstract

Magnetic-field uniformity is of the utmost importance in experiments to measure the electric dipole moment of the neutron. A general parametrization of the magnetic field in terms of harmonic polynomial modes is proposed, going beyond the linear-gradients approximation. We review the main undesirable effects of nonuniformities: depolarization of ultracold neutrons and Larmor frequency shifts of neutrons and mercury atoms. The theoretical predictions for these effects were verified by dedicated measurements with the single-chamber neutron electric-dipole-moment apparatus installed at the Paul Scherrer Institute.

Original languageEnglish
Article number042112
JournalPhysical Review A
Volume99
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 15 2019

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  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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