Improved experimental limit on the electric dipole moment of the neutron.
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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 |d(n)|< 2.9 x 10(-26)e cm (90% C.L.).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
دوره 50 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994