Baker, C A, Doyle, D D, Geltenbort, P, Green, K, van der Grinten, M G D, Harris, P G, Iaydjiev, P, Ivanov, S N, May, D J R, Pendlebury, J M, Richardson, J D, Shiers, D and Smith, K F (2006) Improved experimental limit on the electric-dipole moment of the neutron. Physical Review Letters (PRL), 97 (13). pp. 131801-131805. ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

An 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.).

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Electric-dipole moment; neutron
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Gemma Farrell
Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2007
Last Modified:	08 Mar 2017 14:11
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/1624
Google Scholar:	414 Citations

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