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The search for the neutron electric dipole moment at PSI
by Guillaume Pignol, Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg
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| Authors (as registered SciPost users): | Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg |
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| Preprint Link: | scipost_202102_00004v1 (pdf) |
| Date submitted: | 2021-02-02 07:52 |
| Submitted by: | Schmidt-Wellenburg, Philipp |
| Submitted to: | SciPost Physics Proceedings |
| Proceedings issue: | Review of Particle Physics at PSI (PSI2020) |
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| Academic field: | Physics |
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| Approach: | Experimental |
Abstract
The existence of a nonzero permanent electric dipole moment (EDM) of the neutron would reveal a new source of CP violation and shed light on the origin of the matter--antimatter asymmetry of the Universe. The sensitivity of current experiments using stored ultracold neutrons (UCN) probes new physics beyond the TeV scale. Using the UCN source at the Paul Scherrer Institut, the nEDM collaboration has performed the most sensitive measurement of the neutron EDM to date, still compatible with zero ($|d_n|<1.8\times 10^{-26} \, e {\rm cm}$). A new experiment designed to improve the sensitivity by an order of magnitude, n2EDM, is currently in construction.
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Anonymous Report 2 on 2021-2-22 (Invited Report)
- Cite as: Anonymous, Report on arXiv:scipost_202102_00004v1, delivered 2021-02-22, doi: 10.21468/SciPost.Report.2597
Report
This is a nice, concise report on the effort at PSI to search for the
neutron electric dipole moment. It should be accepted for publication.
I have the following minor comments, which the authors may wish to address.
1) line 9: The confidence level corresponding to the quoted limit should
be indicated.
2) line 49: I would add "In many nEDM search experiments", as not all
nEDM experiments use Ramsey's method.
3) lines 60-61: alpha is the product of the neutron polarization and
the analyzing power of the spin analyzer
4) line 69: this paragraph is about the PSI effort, where as the
previous paragraph is a general remark. To make this clear, I would
add "at PSI" after "In the single chamber apparatus", so that the
beginning of line 69 would read "In the single chamber apparatus at
PSI"
5) Figures 27.3 and 27.4: latex error in reference citation in the figure
caption.
6) line 289: fix typesetting of Gilles Quemener's name. ("e" with accent aigu is
not properly typeset)
Report 1 by Adrian Signer on 2021-2-9 (Invited Report)
- Cite as: Adrian Signer, Report on arXiv:scipost_202102_00004v1, delivered 2021-02-09, doi: 10.21468/SciPost.Report.2525
Report
We (the editors Cy Hoffman, Klaus Kirch, Adrian Signer) had the
opportunity to review an earlier draft of the article and were in
communication with the authors before the submission. All our comments
and suggestions have been taken into account. Hence, we think the
paper can now be published in the current form.