The neutron EDM experiment at the ILL

Authors
Harris, PG May, DJR Pendlebury, JM Shiers, D Smith, KF van der Grinten, M Baker, CA Green, K Iaydjiev, P Ivanov, S Geltenbort, P
Citation
Pg. Harris et al., The neutron EDM experiment at the ILL, NUCL INST A, 440(3), 2000, pp. 479-482
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
440
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
479 - 482
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(20000211)440:3<479:TNEEAT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The latest-generation neutron electric dipole moment (EDM) experiment has b een collecting data at the ILL since 1996. It uses a "cohabiting'' atomic-m ercury magnetometer to measure and compensate for the magnetic field fluctu ations that were the principal source of systematic errors in previous expe riments. The first results, which are soon to be published, essentially ver ify the existing limit on the dipole moment d(n); however, this new measure ment is clearly limited by statistical rather than systematic uncertainties . (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.