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20182024
most citedMeasurement of the permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron

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physics.ins-det2024

Generating a highly uniform magnetic field inside the magnetically shielded room of the n2EDM experiment

C. Abel, N. J. Ayres, G. Ban +63

We present a coil system designed to generate a highly uniform magnetic field for the n2EDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute. It consists of a main coil and a set of…

physics.ins-det2023

A large 'Active Magnetic Shield' for a high-precision experiment

C. Abel, N. J. Ayres, G. Ban +48

We present a novel Active Magnetic Shield (AMS), designed and implemented for the n2EDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute. The experiment will perform a high-sensitivity se…

physics.ins-det2021★ 9 cited

Mapping of the magnetic field to correct systematic effects in a neutron electric dipole moment experiment

C. Abel, N. J. Ayres, G. Ban +50

Experiments dedicated to the measurement of the electric dipole moment of the neutron require outstanding control of the magnetic field uniformity. The neutron electric dipole mome…

physics.ins-det2021★ 53 cited

The design of the n2EDM experiment

N. J. Ayres, G. Ban, L. Bienstman +58

We present the design of a next-generation experiment, n2EDM, currently under construction at the ultracold neutron source at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) with the aim of carr…

physics.ins-det2019

Characterization of the new Data Acquisition System and the detector alignment of the aSPECT experiment

Romain Virot

From April 2013 to the beginning of August 2013, the aSPECT spectrometer was installed on a cold neutron beam facility at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in order to realize a hig…

physics.ins-det2019★ 18 cited

Design of the Magnet System of the Neutron Decay Facility PERC

Xiangzun Wang, Carmen Ziener, Hartmut Abele +27

The PERC (Proton and Electron Radiation Channel) facility is currently under construction at the research reactor FRM II, Garching. It will serve as an intense and clean source of…

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★ 34 cited

The n2EDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute

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

We present the new spectrometer for the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) search at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), called n2EDM. The setup is at room temperature in vacuum…