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Université de Fribourg

A measurement of the neutron to 199Hg magnetic moment ratio

Afach, S. ; Baker, C. A. ; Ban, G. ; Bison, Georg ; Bodek, K. ; Burghoff, M. ; Chowdhuri, Z. ; Daum, M. ; Fertl, M. ; Franke, B. ; Geltenbort, P. ; Green, K. ; Grinten, M. G. D. van der ; Grujic, Zoran ; Harris, P. G. ; Heil, W. ; Hélaine, V. ; Henneck, R. ; Horras, M. ; Iaydjiev, P. ; Ivanov, S. N. ; Kasprzak, Malgorzata ; Kermaïdic, Y. ; Kirch, K. ; Knecht, A. ; Koch, Hans-Christian ; Krempel, J. ; Kuźniak, M. ; Lauss, B. ; Lefort, T. ; Lemière, Y. ; Mtchedlishvili, A. ; Naviliat-Cuncic, O. ; Pendlebury, J. M. ; Perkowski, M. ; Pierre, E. ; Piegsa, F. M. ; Pignol, G. ; Prashanth, P. N. ; Quéméner, G. ; Rebreyend, D. ; Ries, D. ; Roccia, S. ; Schmidt-Wellenburg, P. ; Schnabel, A. ; Severijns, N. ; Shiers, D. ; Smith, K.F. ; Voigt, J. ; Weis, Antoine

In: Physics Letters B, 2014, vol. 739, p. 128–132

The neutron gyromagnetic ratio has been measured relative to that of the 199Hg atom with an uncertainty of 0.8 ppm. We employed an apparatus where ultracold neutrons and mercury atoms are stored in the same volume and report the result γn/γHg=3.8424574(30)γn/γHg=3.8424574(30).

Université de Fribourg

Testing isotropy of the universe using the Ramsey resonance technique on ultracold neutron spins

Altarev, I. ; Ban, G. ; Bison, Georg ; Bodek, K. ; Daum, M. ; Fertl, M. ; Fierlinger, P. ; Franke, B. ; Gutsmiedl, E. ; Heil, W. ; Henneck, R. ; Horras, M. ; Khomutov, N. ; Kirch, K. ; Kistryn, S. ; Kraft, A. ; Knecht, A. ; Knowles, Paul E. ; Kozela, A. ; Lauer, T. ; Lauss, B. ; Lefort, T. ; Lemière, Y. ; Mtchedlishvili, A. ; Naviliat-Cuncic, O. ; Pazgalev, Anatoly S. ; Petzoldt, G. ; Piegsa, F.M. ; Pierre, E. ; Pignol, G. ; Quéméner, G. ; Rebetez, M. ; Rebreyend, D. ; Roccia, S. ; Schmidt-Wellenburg, P. ; Severijns, N. ; Sobolev, Yu. ; Weis, Antoine ; Zejma, J. ; Zenner, J. ; Zsigmond, G.

In: Physica B: Condensed Matter, 2011, vol. 406, no. 12, p. 2365-2369

Physics at the Planck scale could be revealed by looking for tiny violations of fundamental symmetries in low energy experiments. In 2008, a sensitive test of the isotropy of the universe has been performed with stored ultracold neutrons (UCN), this is the first clock-comparison experiment performed with free neutrons. During several days we monitored the Larmor frequency of neutron spins in a...

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MC calculations for the nEDM experiment systematics

Bodek, K. ; Chowdhuri, Z. ; Daum, M. ; Fertl, M. ; Franke, B. ; Gutsmiedl, E. ; Henneck, R. ; Horras, M. ; Kasprzak, Malgorzata ; Kirch, K. ; Kistryn, S. ; Kozela, A. ; Krempel, J. ; Lauss, B. ; Mtchedlishvili, A. ; Piegsa, F. ; Pignol, G. ; Rebreyend, D. ; Roccia, S. ; Schmidt-Wellenburg, P. ; Zejma, J. ; Zenner, J. ; Zsigmond, G.

In: Physics Procedia, 2011, vol. 17, p. 259-267

The nEDM experiment hosted at the Paul Scherrer Institute is the flagship project at the new ultracold neutron facility. Estimations of systematic effects for the determination of the neutron electric dipole moment play an important role in this project. Experimental studies are supported by Monte Carlo simulations using the MCUCN code. Here we briefly present first results on the experimental...

Université de Fribourg

Test of Lorentz invariance with spin precession of ultracold neutrons

Altarev, I. ; Baker, C. A. ; Ban, G. ; Bison, Georg ; Bodek, K. ; Daum, M. ; Fierlinger, P. ; Geltenbort, P. ; Green, K. ; Grinten, M. G. D. van der ; Gutsmiedl, E. ; Harris, P. G. ; Heil, W. ; Henneck, R. ; Horras, M. ; Iaydjiev, P. ; Ivanov, S. N. ; Khomutov, N. ; Kirch, K. ; Kistryn, S. ; Knecht, A. ; Knowles, Paul E. ; Kozela, A. ; Kuchler, F. ; Kuźniak, M. ; Lauer, T. ; Lauss, B. ; Lefort, T. ; Mtchedlishvili, A. ; Naviliat-Cuncic, O. ; Pazgalev, Anatoly ; Pendlebury, J. M. ; Petzoldt, G. ; Pierre, E. ; Pignol, G. ; Quéméner, G. ; Rebetez, Martin ; Rebreyend, D. ; Roccia, S. ; Rogel, G. ; Severijns, N. ; Shiers, D. ; Sobolev, Yu. ; Weis, Antoine ; Zejma, J. ; Zsigmond, G.

In: Physical Review Letters, 2009, vol. 103, no. 8, p. 081602

A clock comparison experiment, analyzing the ratio of spin precession frequencies of stored ultracold neutrons and ¹⁹⁹Hg atoms, is reported. No daily variation of this ratio could be found, from which is set an upper limit on the Lorentz invariance violating cosmic anisotropy field b⊥<2×10⁻²⁰ eV (95% C.L.). This is the first limit for the free neutron. This result...

Université de Fribourg

Neutron to mirror-neutron oscillations in the presence of mirror magnetic fields

Altarev, I. ; Baker, C. A. ; Ban, G. ; Bodek, K. ; Daum, M. ; Fierlinger, P. ; Geltenbort, P. ; Green, K. ; Grinten, M. G. D. van der ; Gutsmiedl, E. ; Harris, P. G. ; Henneck, R. ; Horras, M. ; Iaydjiev, P. ; Ivanov, S. ; Khomutov, N. ; Kirch, K. ; Kistryn, S. ; Knecht, A. ; Knowles, Paul E. ; Kozela, A. ; Kuchler, F. ; Kuźniak, M. ; Lauer, T. ; Lauss, B. ; Lefort, T. ; Mtchedlishvili, A. ; Naviliat-Cuncic, O. ; Paul, S. ; Pazgalev, Anatoly ; Pendlebury, J. M. ; Petzoldt, G. ; Pierre, E. ; Plonka-Spehr, C. ; Quéméner, G. ; Rebreyend, D. ; Roccia, S. ; Rogel, G. ; Severijns, N. ; Shiers, D. ; Sobolev, Yu. ; Stoepler, R. ; Weis, Antoine ; Zejma, J. ; Zenner, J. ; Zsigmond, G.

In: Physical Review D, 2009, vol. 80, no. 3, p. 032003

We performed ultracold neutron storage measurements to search for additional losses due to neutron (n) to mirror-neutron (n') oscillations as a function of an applied magnetic field B. In the presence of a mirror magnetic field B', ultracold neutron losses would be maximal for B~B'. We did not observe any indication for...

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Towards a new measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment

Altarev, I. ; Ban, G. ; Bison, Georg ; Bodek, K. ; Burghoff, M. ; Cvijovic, Milan ; Daum, M. ; Fierlinger, P. ; Gutsmiedl, E. ; Hampel, G. ; Heil, W. ; Henneck, R. ; Horras, M. ; Khomutov, N. ; Kirch, K. ; Kistryn, S. ; Knappe-Grüneberg, S. ; Knecht, A. ; Knowles, Paul E. ; Kozela, A. ; Kratz, J. V. ; Kuchler, F. ; Kuźniak, M. ; Lauer, T. ; Lauss, B. ; Lefort, T. ; Mtchedlishvili, A. ; Naviliat-Cuncic, O. ; Paul, S. ; Pazgalev, Anatoly S. ; Petzoldt, G. ; Pierre, E. ; Plonka-Spehr, C. ; Quéméner, G. ; Rebreyend, D. ; Roccia, S. ; Rogel, G. ; Sander-Thoemmes, T. ; Schnabel, A. ; Severijns, N. ; Sobolev, Yu. ; Stoepler, R. ; Trahms, L. ; Weis, Antoine ; Wiehl, N. ; Zejma, J. ; Zsigmond, G.

In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 2009, p. -

The effort towards a new measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) at the Paul Scherrer Institut's (PSI) new high intensity source of ultracold neutrons (UCN) is described. The experimental technique relies on Ramsey's method of separated oscillatory fields, using UCN in vacuum with the apparatus at ambient temperature. In the first phase, R&D towards the upgrade of the...