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most citedMeasurement of the permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron

619 citations · 1.8k across the 20 of their papers we have counts for

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21 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Sensitivity of a closed dielectric haloscope to axion dark matter

A. Ivanov, D. Leppla-Weber, B. Ary dos Santos Garcia +40

We present a method to determine the sensitivity of a closed dielectric haloscope to axion dark matter. Dielectric haloscopes aim to probe the theoretically well-motivated axion ma…

hep-ex2025

Modeling Light Signals Using Data from the First Pulsed Neutron Source Program at the DUNE Vertical Drift ColdBox Test Facility at CERN Neutrino Platform

A. Paudel, W. Shi, P. Sala +36

In this paper, we present a first quantitative test of detected light signals produced in a pulsed neutron source run in a small vertical drift LArTPC at the CERN neutrino platform…

hep-ex2025

Enhancing European Cooperation in the Search for Dark Matter

Bernard Andrieu, Ties Behnke, Philip Bechtle +47

The search for dark matter is an exciting topic that is pursued in different communities over a wide range of masses and using a variety of experimental approaches. The result is a…

nucl-ex2022

Search for ultralight axion dark matter in a side-band analysis of a 199Hg free-spin precession signal

C. Abel, N. J. Ayres, G. Ban +35

Ultra-low-mass axions are a viable dark matter candidate and may form a coherently oscillating classical field. Nuclear spins in experiments on Earth might couple to this oscillati…

nucl-ex2022★ 1 cited

Search for exotic physics in double- decays with GERDA Phase II

The GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, A. Alexander +111

A search for Beyond the Standard Model double- decay modes of Ge has been performed with data collected during the Phase II of the GERmanium Detector Array (GERDA) experi…

physics.ins-det2021★ 52 cited

LEGEND-1000 Preconceptual Design Report

LEGEND Collaboration, N. Abgrall, I. Abt +261

We propose the construction of LEGEND-1000, the ton-scale Large Enriched Germanium Experiment for Neutrinoless Decay. This international experiment is designed to answer one o…

physics.ins-det2021★ 13 cited

Characterization of inverted coaxial Ge detectors in GERDA for future double- decay experiments

GERDA collaboration, M. Agostini, G. R. Araujo +108

Neutrinoless double- decay of Ge is searched for with germanium detectors where source and detector of the decay are identical. For the success of future experiments it i…

hep-ex2020★ 619 cited

Measurement of the permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron

C. Abel, S. Afach, N. J. Ayres +81

We present the result of an experiment to measure the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the neutron at the Paul Scherrer Institute using Ramsey's method of separated oscillating magn…

physics.data-an2019★ 5 cited

Data blinding for the nEDM experiment at PSI

N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, G. Bison +42

Psychological bias towards, or away from, a prior measurement or a theory prediction is an intrinsic threat to any data analysis. While various methods can be used to avoid the bia…

physics.atom-ph2019★ 37 cited

Optically Pumped Cs Magnetometers Enabling a High-Sensitivity Search for the Neutron Electric Dipole Moment

C. Abel, S. Afach, N. J. Ayres +57

An array of sixteen laser-pumped scalar Cs magnetometers was part of the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) experiment taking data at the Paul Scherrer Institute in 2015 and 201…

physics.ins-det2018★ 14 cited

nEDM experiment at PSI: data-taking strategy and sensitivity of the dataset

C. Abel, N. J. Ayres, G. Ban +40

We report on the strategy used to optimize the sensitivity of our search for a neutron electric dipole moment at the Paul Scherrer Institute. Measurements were made upon ultracold…

physics.ins-det2018★ 35 cited

Magnetic field uniformity in neutron electric dipole moment experiments

C. Abel, N. Ayres, T. Baker +53

Magnetic field uniformity is of the utmost importance in experiments to measure the electric dipole moment of the neutron. A general parametrization of the magnetic field in terms…

physics.ins-det2018★ 18 cited

Demonstration of sensitivity increase in mercury free-spin-precession magnetometers due to laser-based readout for neutron electric dipole moment searches

G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek +31

We report on a laser based Hg co-magnetometer deployed in an experiment searching for a permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron. We demonstrate a more than five tim…

nucl-ex2018★ 260 cited

Improved limit on neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge from GERDA Phase II

M. Agostini, A. M. Bakalyarov, M. Balata +105

The GERDA experiment searches for the lepton number violating neutrinoless double beta decay of Ge (Ge Se + 2e) operating bare Ge diodes with…

hep-ph2017★ 172 cited

Search for axion-like dark matter through nuclear spin precession in electric and magnetic fields

C. Abel, N. J. Ayres, G. Ban +45

We report on a search for ultra-low-mass axion-like dark matter by analysing the ratio of the spin-precession frequencies of stored ultracold neutrons and Hg atoms for an a…

physics.ins-det2016★ 25 cited

Ultracold neutron detection with 6Li-doped glass scintillators, NANOSC: a fast ultracold neutron detector for the nEDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute

G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek +32

This paper summarizes the results from measurements aiming to characterize ultracold neutron detection with 6Li-doped glass scintillators. Single GS10 or GS20 scintillators, with a…

physics.ins-det2015

The nEDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute

Yoann Kermaidic

The quest for a non-zero electric dipole moment (EDM) of simple systems such as the electron, the neutron or atoms / molecules is a pow- erful way to search for physics beyond the…

hep-ex2015★ 453 cited

A Revised Experimental Upper Limit on the Electric Dipole Moment of the Neutron

J. M. Pendlebury, S. Afach, N. J. Ayres +47

We present for the first time a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the experimental results that set the current world sensitivity limit on the magnitude of the electric dipole…

physics.ins-det2015★ 23 cited

Gravitational Depolarization of Ultracold Neutrons: Comparison with Data

S. Afach, N. J. Ayres, C. A. Baker +47

We compare the expected effects of so-called gravitationally enhanced depolarization of ultracold neutrons to measurements carried out in a spin-precession chamber exposed to a var…

physics.ins-det2015★ 28 cited

Observation of gravitationally induced vertical striation of polarized ultracold neutrons by spin-echo spectroscopy

S. Afach, N. J. Ayres, G. Ban +45

We describe a spin-echo method for ultracold neutrons (UCNs) confined in a precession chamber and exposed to a magnetic field. We have demonstrated that the ana…

physics.atom-ph2015★ 28 cited

Measurement of a false electric dipole moment signal from Hg atoms exposed to an inhomogeneous magnetic field

S. Afach, C. A. Baker, G. Ban +46

We report on the measurement of a Larmor frequency shift proportional to the electric-field strength for atoms contained in a volume permeated with aligned magneti…