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Estimated performance of the TRIUMF ultracold neutron source and electric dipole moment apparatus
Searches for the permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron (nEDM)
provide strong constraints on theories beyond the Standard Model of particle
physics.
The TUCAN collaboration is constructing a source for ultracold neutrons (UCN)
and an apparatus to search for the nEDM at TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada.
In this work, we estimate that the spallation-driven UCN source based on a
superfluid helium converter will provide polarized
UCN at a density of ~UCN/cm to a room-temperature EDM experiment
per fill.
With neutrons detected after the Ramsey cycle,
the statistical sensitivity for an nEDM search per storage cycle will be
cm (1).
The goal sensitivity of cm (1) can be reached within
measurement days.Comment: Proceedings submitted to EPJ Web of Conferences for the Symposium on
Symmetries in Subatomic Physics (SSP2022
Study of Thin Iron Films for Polarization Analysis of Ultracold Neutrons
The TUCAN (TRIUMF Ultra-Cold Advanced Neutron) collaboration aims to search
for the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) with unprecedented precision. One
of the essential elements for the nEDM measurement is a polarization analyzer
of ultracold neutrons (UCNs), whose main component is a magnetized thin iron
film. Several thin iron films were deposited on aluminum and silicon ubstrates
and were characterized by vibrating sample magnetometry and cold-neutron
reflectometry. A magnetic field required to saturate the iron film is 12
kA/m for those on the aluminum substrates and 6.4 kA/m for the silicon
substrates. The magnetic potential of the iron films on the Si substrate was
estimated to be 2 T by the neutron reflectometry, which is sufficient
performance for an UCN polarization analyzer of the nEDM measurement.Comment: Proceedings of the 24th International Spin Symposium (SPIN 2021),
18-22 October 2021, Matsue, Japa
The Precision nEDM Measurement with UltraCold Neutrons at TRIUMF
The TRIUMF Ultra-Cold Advanced Neutron (TUCAN) collaboration aims at a
precision neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) measurement with an uncertainty
of , which is an order-of-magnitude better than
the current nEDM upper limit and enables us to test Supersymmetry. To achieve
this precision, we are developing a new high-intensity ultracold neutron (UCN)
source using super-thermal UCN production in superfluid helium (He-II) and a
nEDM spectrometer. The current development status of them is reported in this
article.Comment: Proceedings of the 24th International Spin Symposium (SPIN 2021),
18-22 October 2021, Matsue, Japa