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Published August 1, 2017 | Submitted
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Cryogenic magnetic coil and superconducting magnetic shield for neutron electric dipole moment searches

Abstract

A magnetic coil operated at cryogenic temperatures is used to produce spatial, relative field gradients below 6 ppm/cm, stable for several hours. The apparatus is a prototype of the magnetic components for a neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) search, which will take place at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory using ultra-cold neutrons (UCN). That search requires a uniform magnetic field to mitigate systematic effects and obtain long polarization lifetimes for neutron spin precession measurements. This paper details upgrades to a previously described apparatus [1], particularly the introduction of super-conducting magnetic shielding and the associated cryogenic apparatus. The magnetic gradients observed are sufficiently low for the nEDM search at SNS.

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© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Received 12 January 2017, Revised 6 April 2017, Accepted 5 May 2017, Available online 5 May 2017. The authors thank R. Golub, M. Hayden, and S. Lamoreaux for their many useful comments and suggestions. This work was supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grants 1205977 and 1506459.

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