1. Storage Ring to Search for Electric Dipole Moments of Charged Particles -- Feasibility Study
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Abusaif, F., Aggarwal, A., Aksentev, A., Alberdi-Esuain, B., Atanasov, A., Barion, L., Basile, S., Berz, M., Beyß, M., Böhme, C., Böker, J., Borburgh, J., Carli, C., Ciepał, I., Ciullo, G., Contalbrigo, M., De Conto, J.-M., Dymov, S., Felden, O., Gagoshidze, M., Gaisser, M., Gebel, R., Giese, N., Grigoryev, K., Grzonka, D., Haj Tahar, M., Hahnraths, T., Heberling, D., Hejny, V., Hetzel, J., Hölscher, D., Javakhishvili, O., Jorat, L., Kacharava, A., Kamerdzhiev, V., Karanth, S., Käseberg, C., Keshelashvili, I., Koop, I., Kulikov, A., Laihem, K., Lamont, M., Lehrach, A., Lenisa, P., Lomidze, N., Lorentz, B., Macharashvili, G., Magiera, A., Makino, K., Martin, S., Mchedlishvili, D., Meißner, U.-G, Metreveli, Z., Michaud, J., Müller, F., Nass, A., Natour, G., Nikolaev, N., Nogga, A., Pesce, A., Poncza, V., Prasuhn, D., Pretz, J., Rathmann, F., Ritman, J., Rosenthal, M., Saleev, A., Schott, M., Sefzick, T., Senichev, Y., Shergelashvili, D., Shmakova, V., Siddique, S., Silenko, A., Simon, M., Slim, J., Soltner, H., Stahl, A., Stassen, R., Stephenson, E., Straatmann, H., Ströher, H., Tabidze, M., Tagliente, G., Talman, R., Uzikov, Yu., Valdau, Yu., Valetov, E., Wagner, T., Weidemann, C., Wirzba, A., Wrońska, A., Wüstner, P., Zupranski, P., Zurek., M., Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), CERN, and CPEDM
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lifetime ,experimental methods ,deuteron: electric moment ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph] ,feedback ,Juelich COSY PS ,[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex] ,sensitivity ,charged particle ,particle: spin ,electric field ,particle: velocity ,error: statistical ,synchrotron ,dipole: electric ,[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex] ,proposed experiment ,spin: polarization - Abstract
CERN Yellow Reports: Monographs Published by CERN; International audience; The proposed method exploits charged particles confined as a storage ring beam (proton, deuteron, possibly $^3$He) to search for an intrinsic electric dipole moment (EDM) aligned along the particle spin axis. Statistical sensitivities can approach $10^{29} e$ cm. The challenge will be to reduce systematic errors to similar levels. The ring will be adjusted to preserve the spin polarization, initially parallel to the particle velocity, for times in excess of 15 minutes. Large radial electric fields, acting through the EDM, will rotate the polarization. The slow rise in the vertical polarization component, detected through scattering from a target, signals the EDM. The project strategy is outlined. It foresees a step-wise plan, starting with ongoing COSY activities that demonstrate technical feasibility. Achievements to date include reduced polarization measurement errors, long horizontal-plane polarization lifetimes, and control of the polarization direction through feedback from the scattering measurements. The project continues with a proof-of-capability measurement (precursor experiment; first direct deuteron EDM measurement), an intermediate prototype ring (proof-of-principle; demonstrator for key technologies), and finally the high precision electric-field storage ring.
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- 2021