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Tenfold increase in sensitivity of the measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment at the Paul Scherrer Institute by commissioning of a new, double-chamber spectrometer.

2018/30/M/ST2/00319

Keywords:

neutron electric dipole moment violation of CP symmetry ultra-cold neutrons

Descriptors:

  • ST2_1: Fundamental interactions and fields
  • ST2_2: Particle physics

Panel:

ST2 - Fundamental constituents of matter: particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas and optical physics

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Jacek Zejma 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: HARMONIA 10 - announced on 2018-06-15

Amount awarded: 651 896 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-04-17

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-04-16

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (11)
  1. Data blinding for the nEDM experiment at PSI
    Authors:
    N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, E. Chanel, P.-J. Chiu, C. B. Crawford, M. Daum, S. Emmenegger, L. Ferraris-Bouchez, P. Flaux, Z. Grujić, P. G. Harris, N. Hild, J. Hommet, M. Kasprzak, Y. Kermaïdic, K. Kirch, S. Komposch, A. Kozela, J. Krempel, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, Y. Lemiere, A. Leredde, P. Mohanmurthy, A. Mtchedlishvili, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, M. Rawlik, D. Rebreyend, I. Rienäcker, D. Ries, S. Roccia, D. Rozpedzik, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, A. Schnabel, R. Virot, A.Weis, E. Wursten, J. Zejma, G. Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL A (rok: 2021, tom: 57, strony: 152), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epja/s10050-021-00456-1 - link to the publication
  2. Johnson-Nyquist noise effects in neutron electric-dipole-moment experiments
    Authors:
    N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, P.-J. Chiu , B. Clement, C. B. Crawford, M. Daum, S. Emmenegger, M. Fertl, A. Fratangelo, W. C. Griffith, Z. D. Grujić, P. G. Harris, K. Kirch, P. A. Koss, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, P. Mohanmurthy, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, D. Rebreyend, I. Rienäcker, D. Ries, S. Roccia, K. U. Ross, D. Rozpedzik, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, A. Schnabel, N. Severijns, B. Shen, R. Tavakoli Dinani, J. A. Thorne, R. Virot, N. Yazdandoost, J. Zejma, and G. Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW A (rok: 2021, tom: 103, strony: 62801), Wydawca: The American Physical Society (APS)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevA.103.062801 - link to the publication
  3. Search for an interaction mediated by axion-like particles with ultracold neutrons at the PSI.
    Authors:
    N J Ayres, G Bison, K Bodek, V Bondar, T Bouillaud, E Chanel, P-J Chiu, B Clement, C B Crawford, M Daum, C B Doorenbos, S Emmenegger, M Fertl, P Flaux, W C Griffith, P G Harris, N Hild, M Kasprzak, K Kirch, V Kletzl, P A Koss, J Krempel, B Lauss, T Lefort, P Mohanmurthy, O Naviliat-Cuncic, D Pais, F M Piegsa, G Pignol, M Rawlik, I Rienäcker, D Ries, S Roccia, D Rozpedzik, P Schmidt-Wellenburg, N Severijns, B Shen, K Svirina, R Tavakoli Dinani, J A Thorne, S Touati, A Weis, E Wursten, N Yazdandoost, J Zejma, N Ziehl and G Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS (rok: 2023, tom: 25, strony: 103012), Wydawca: IOP Publishing Ltd
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1367-2630/acfdc3 - link to the publication
  4. Mapping of the magnetic field to correct systematic effects in a neutron electric dipole moment experiment
    Authors:
    C. Abel, N. J. Ayres , G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, E. Chanel, P.-J. Chiu, B. Clément, C. B. Crawford, M. Daum, S. Emmenegger, L. Ferraris-Bouchez, M. Fertl, P. Flaux, A. Fratangelo, W. C. Griffith, Z. D. Gruji´c, P. G. Harris, L. Hayen, N. Hild, M. Kasprzak, K. Kirch, P. Knowles, H.-C. Koch, P. A. Koss, A. Kozela, J. Krempel, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, Y. Lemière, P. Mohanmurthy, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, P. N. Prashanth, G. Quéméner, M. Rawlik, D. Ries, D. Rebreyend, S. Roccia, D. Rozpedzik, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, A. Schnabel, N. Severijns, J. A. Thorne, R. Virot, A. Weis, E. Wursten, G. Wyszynski, J. Zejma, and G. Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW A (rok: 2022, tom: 106, strony: 032808, 19 stron), Wydawca: AMER PHYSICAL SOC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevA.106.032808 - link to the publication
  5. A search for neutron to mirror-neutron oscillations using the nEDM apparatus at PSI
    Authors:
    C.Abel, N.J.Ayres, G.Ban, G.Bison, K.Bodek, V.Bondar, E.Chanel, P.-J.Chiu, C.Crawford, M.Daum, R.T.Dinani, S.Emmenegger, P.Flaux, L.Ferraris-Bouchez, W.C.Griffith, Z.D.Grujić, N.Hild, K.Kirch, H.-C.Koch, P.A.Koss, A.Kozela, J.Krempel, B.Lauss, T.Lefort, A.Leredde, P.Mohanmurthy, O.Naviliat-Cuncic, D.Pais, F.M.Piegsa, G.Pignol, M.Rawlik, D.Rebreyend, I.Rienäcker, D.Ries, S.Roccia, D.Rozpedzik, P.Schmidt-Wellenburg, N.Severijns, J.Thorne, A.Weis, E.Wursten, J.Zejma, G.Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    Physics Letters B (rok: 2021, tom: 812, strony: 135993), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135993 - link to the publication
  6. Measurement of the Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of the Neutron
    Authors:
    C. Abel, S. Afach, N. J. Ayres, C. A. Baker, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, M. Burghoff, E. Chanel, Z. Chowdhuri, P.-J. Chiu, B. Clement, C. B. Crawford, M. Daum, S. Emmenegger, L. Ferraris-Bouchez, M. Fertl, P. Flaux, B. Franke, A. Fratangelo, P. Geltenbort, K. Green, W. C. Griffith, M. van der Grinten, Z. D. Grujić, P. G. Harris , L. Hayen, W. Heil, R. Henneck, V. Helaine, N. Hild, Z. Hodge, M. Horras, P. Iaydjiev, S. N. Ivanov, M. Kasprzak, Y. Kermaidic, K. Kirch, A. Knecht, P. Knowles, H.-C. Koch, P. A. Koss, S. Komposch, A. Kozela, A. Kraft, J. Krempel, M. Kuźniak, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, Y. Lemiere, A. Leredde, P. Mohanmurthy, A. Mtchedlishvili, M. Musgrave, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, E. Pierre, G. Pignol, C. Plonka-Spehr, P. N. Prashanth, G. Quemener, M. Rawlik, D. Rebreyend, I. Rienäcker, D. Ries, S. Roccia, G. Rogel, D. Rozpedzik, A. Schnabel, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg , N. Severijns, D. Shiers, R. Tavakoli Dinani, J. A. Thorne, R. Virot, J. Voigt, A. Weis, E. Wursten, G. Wyszynski, J. Zejma, J. Zenner and G. Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (rok: 2020, tom: 124, strony: 81803), Wydawca: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.081803 - link to the publication
  7. The design of the n2EDM experiment
    Authors:
    N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, L. Bienstman, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, T. Bouillaud, E. Chanel, J. Chen, P.-J. Chiu, B. Clément, C. B. Crawford, M. Daum, B. Dechenaux, C. B. Doorenbos, S. Emmenegger, L. Ferraris-Bouchez, M. Fertl, A. Fratangelo, P. Flaux, D. Goupillière, W. C. Griffith, Z. D. Grujic, P. G. Harris, K. Kirch, P. A. Koss, J. Krempel, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, Y. Lemière, A. Leredde, M. Meier, J. Menu, D. A. Mullins, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, G. Quéméner, M. Rawlik, D. Rebreyend, I. Rienäcker, D. Ries, S. Roccia, K. U. Ross, D. Rozpedzik, W. Saenz, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, A. Schnabel, N. Severijns, B. Shen, T. Stapf, K. Svirina, R. Tavakoli Dinani, S. Touati, J. Thorne, R. Virot, J. Voigt, E. Wursten, N. Yazdandoost, J. Zejma, G. Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C (rok: 2021, tom: 81, strony: 512), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09298-z - link to the publication
  8. A large 'Active Magnetic Shield' for a high-precision experiment
    Authors:
    C. Abel, N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, T. Bouillaud, E. Chanel, J. Chen, W. Chen, P. -J. Chiu, C. B. Crawford, M. Daum, C. B. Doorenbos, S. Emmenegger, L. Ferraris-Bouchez, M. Fertl, A. Fratangelo, W. C. Griffith, Z. D. Grujic, P. Harris, K. Kirch, V. Kletzl, P. A. Koss, J. Krempel, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, P. Mullan, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, M. Rawlik, I. Rienäcker, D. Ries, S. Roccia, D. Rozpedzik,W. Saenz-Arevalo, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, A. Schnabel, E. P. Segarra, N. Severijns, T. Shelton, K. Svirina, R. Tavakoli Dinani, J. Thorne, R. Virot, N. Yazdandoost, J. Zejma, N. Ziehl, G. Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C (rok: 2023, tom: 83, strony: 1061), Wydawca: SPRINGER
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12225-z - link to the publication
  9. Achieving ultra-low and -uniform residual magnetic fields in a very large magnetically shielded room for fundamental physics experiments.
    Authors:
    N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, T. Bouillaud, D. Bowles, E. Chanel, W. Chen, P.-J. Chiu , C.B. Crawford, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, C. B. Doorenbos, S. Emmenegger, M. Fertl , A. Fratangelo, W. C. Griffith, Z. D. Grujic, P. G. Harris, K. Kirch , V. Kletzl , J. Krempel, B. Lauss , T. Lefort, A. Lejuez, R. Li, P. Mullan , S. Pacura, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, I. Rienäcker, D. Ries, G. Pignol , D. Rebreyend, S. Roccia, D. Rozpedzik, W. Saenz-Arevalo, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg , A. Schnabel, E. P. Segarra, N. Severijns ,K. Svirina,R. TavakoliDinani, J. Thorne, J.Vankeirsbilck, J. Voigt, N. Yazdandoost , J. Zejma, N. Ziehl , G. Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C (rok: 2024, tom: 84, strony: 18), Wydawca: SPRINGER
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-12351-8 - link to the publication
  10. Improved Search for Neutron to Mirror-Neutron Oscillations in the Presence of Mirror Magnetic Fields with a Dedicated Apparatus at the PSI UCN Source.
    Authors:
    Nicholas J. Ayres, Zurab Berezhiani, Riccardo Biondi, Georg Bison, Kazimierz Bodek, Vira Bondar, Pin-Jung Chiu , Manfred Daum, Reza Tavakoli Dinani, Cornelis B. Doorenbos, Solange Emmenegger, Klaus Kirch, Victoria Kletzl, Jochen Krempel, Bernhard Lauss, Duarte Pais, Ingo Rienäcker, Dieter Ries, Nicola Rossi, Dagmara Rozpedzik, Philipp Schmidt-Wellenburg, Kazuo S. Tanaka, Jacek Zejma, Nathalie Ziehl and Geza Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    Symmetry (rok: 2022, tom: 14, strony: 503, 22 strony), Wydawca: MDPI, Basel, Switzerland
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/sym14030503 - link to the publication
  11. The very large n2EDM magnetically shielded room with an exceptional performance for fundamental physics measurements.
    Authors:
    N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, V. Bondar, T. Bouillaud, B. Clement, E. Chanel, P.-J. Chiu, C. B. Crawford, M. Daum, C. B. Doorenbos, S. Emmenegger, A. Fratangelo, M. Fertl, W. C. Griffith, Z. D. Grujic, P. G. Harris, K. Kirch, J. Krempel, B. Lauss, T. Lefort, O. Naviliat-Cuncic, D. Pais, F. M. Piegsa, G. Pignol, G. Rauscher, D. Rebreyend, I. Rienäcker, D. Ries, S. Roccia, D. Rozpedzik, W. Saenz-Arevalo, P. Schmidt-Wellenburg, A. Schnabel, N. Severijns, B. Shen, M. Staab, K. Svirina, R. Tavakoli Dinani, J. Thorne, N. Yazdandoost, J. Zejma, and G. Zsigmond
    Academic press:
    Review of Scientific Instruments (rok: 2022, tom: 93, strony: 095105, 11 stron), Wydawca: AIP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1063/5.0101391 - link to the publication