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Improved experimental limit on the electric-dipole moment of the neutron
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posted on 2023-06-07, 14:26 authored by C A Baker, D D Doyle, P Geltenbort, K Green, M G D van der Grinten, P G Harris, P Iaydjiev, S N Ivanov, D J R May, J M Pendlebury, J D Richardson, D Shiers, K F SmithAn experimental search for an electric dipole moment (EDM) of the neutron has been carried out at the Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble. Spurious signals from magnetic-field fluctuations were reduced to insignificance by the use of a cohabiting atomic-mercury magnetometer. Systematic uncertainties, including geometric-phase-induced false EDMs, have been carefully studied. The results may be interpreted as an upper limit on the neutron EDM of |dn|<2.9×10-26e cm (90% C.L.).
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Publication status
- Published
Journal
Physical Review Letters (PRL)ISSN
0031-9007Publisher
American Physical SocietyExternal DOI
Issue
13Volume
97Page range
131801-131805Department affiliated with
- Physics and Astronomy Publications
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- Yes
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- Yes