Towards a new measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment

Precision measurements of particle electric dipole moments (EDMs) provide extremely sensitive means to search for non-standard mechanisms of T (or CP) violation. For the neutron EDM, the upper limit has been reduced by eight orders of magnitude in 50 years thereby excluding several CP violation scenarios. We report here on a new effort aiming at improving the neutron EDM limit by two orders of magnitude, down to a level of 3 × 10⁻²⁸ e·cm. The two central elements of the approach are the use of the higher densities which will be available at the new dedicated spallation UCN source at the Paul Scherrer Institute, and the optimization of the in-vacuum Ramsey resonance technique, with storage chambers at room temperature, to reach new limits of sensitivity.     

运动介质的电偶极矩与磁矩

在推导出介质的极化强度与磁化强度的坐标变换公式的基础上,分析导出了运动介质的电偶极矩与磁矩.     

Neutron electric dipole moment measurement with a buffer gas comagnetometer

A neutron EDM measurement with a comagnetometer is discussed. For magnetometry, polarized xenon atoms are injected into a cylindrical cell where a cylindrically symmetric magnetic field and an electric field are applied for the EDM measurement. The geometric phase effect (GPE), which originates from particle motion in a magnetic field gradient, is analyzed in terms of the Dyson series. The motion of the xenon atom is largely suppressed because of a small mean free path. The field gradient is controlled by means of NMR measurements, where the false effect of Earth?s rotation is removed. As a result, the GPE is reduced below 10⁻²⁸e cm${10}^{-28}e\text{cm}$.     

A significantly enhanced magnetic moment due to an electric dipole moment

We demonstrate via first-principle calculations based on the density functional theory that the magnetic moment of a helium atom under a given magnetic field has a positive correlation with the electric dipole moment when an external electric field is applied to the system. Our calculation shows that the enhancement of the magnetic moment is significant due to the reduction of the tripletsinglet splitting. We argue that this finding can be generalized to organic molecules, especially to macromol...     

Transaxial mirror with combined static electric and magnetic fields

Combined transaxial mirrors are studied. In the areas of motion of charged particles, the fields of these mirrors are symmetric relative to the axis and mid-plane representing the plane of symmetry for the electric field and the plane of asymmetry for the magnetic one. An image equation is inferred and simple relationships between the linear and angular dispersions with respect to mass and energy are obtained. Aberration properties of the mirrors in the directions parallel to the mid-plane are considered. Expressions for the coefficients of the third-order geometric aberration corresponding to the beam divergence angle in the mid-plane are obtained. These expressions are especially simple when both object and image are located in the principal planes of the mirror. The aforementioned coefficients are expressed via parameters characterizing the mirror under the first-order approximation.     

Nuclear electric dipole moment of He

A permanent electric dipole moment (EDM) of a physical system requires time-reversal (T) and parity (P) violation. Experimental programs are currently pushing the limits on EDMs in atoms, nuclei, and the neutron to regimes of fundamental theoretical interest. Here we calculate the magnitude of the P-, T-violating EDM of ³He and the expected sensitivity of such a measurement to the underlying P-, T-violating interactions. Assuming that the coupling constants are of comparable magnitude for π-, ρ-, and ω-exchanges, we find that the pion-exchange contribution dominates. Our results suggest that a measurement of the ³He EDM is complementary to the planned neutron and deuteron experiments, and could provide a powerful constraint for the theoretical models of the pion–nucleon P-, T-violating interaction.     

Orbital magnetic moment of a quantum well and a quantum dot in crossed magnetic and electric fields

A new physical effect, namely, oscillations of the orbital magnetic moment with a change in the electric field strength in two types of nanostructures, has been predicted. Explicit analytical expressions for the orbital magnetic moment of a quantum well and a quantum dot in crossed magnetic and electric fields have been derived. The oscillations of the orbital magnetic moment with a change in the electric and magnetic fields have been studied. The oscillation periods in both the electric and magnetic fields have been found and the limiting cases of the strong magnetic and quantum confinement effects have been considered.     

The electric dipole moment of the muon

The forthcoming experiment [1] on the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon will be able to search also for an electric dipole momentd _μ of the muon with increased sensitivity. A brief survey is given on what various models of CP violation predict ford _μ.     

The electric dipole moment of methyl fluoride

The Stark effect of CH₃F is extensively used as a calibration standard in laser Stark spectroscopy. The accepted value for the dipole moment of the ground vibrational state of CH₃F is less accurate than the precision of laser Stark measurements, and questions have also been raised about the literature value. New molecular beam spectroscopy measurements have been made of the ratio of the Stark effect in the J = 1, K = 1 and J = 2, K = 2 CH₃F states to that of the 01¹0 vibrational state of OCS. The results were $\text{μ}{}_{1.1}\text{(}\text{CH}{}_3\text{F}\text{)}\text{μ}{}_{010}\text{(}\text{OCS}\text{)}\text{= 2.638905(23)}$ and $\text{μ}{}_{2.2}\text{(}\text{CH}{}_3\text{F}\text{)}\text{μ}{}_{010}\text{(}\text{OCS}\text{)}\text{= 2.63894(10)}$. This produces a dipole moment of 1.85840 D with precision relative to OCS of 10 ppm and absolute accuracy of 43 ppm.     

Spontaneous magnetic moment of flowing superfluid 3He-B in electric fields

An electric field creates a spontaneous magnetic moment in flowing superfluid ³He-B, if the direction of flow is perpendicular to the electric field. This magnetic moment can be detected experimentally with ease, by reversing the direction of the field or the flow.     

Dirac particle with anomalous magnetic moment in a plane-polarized wave and stationary transverse magnetic and electric fields

A determination is made of the wave function of an uncharged Dirac particle with an anomalous magnetic moment in a plane-polarized wave and stationary magnetic and electric fields. The stationary magnetic field is parallel to the magnetic field of the wave and perpendicular to the stationary electric field. Institute of Chemical Physics and Combustion. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 5, pp. 66–69, May, 1998.     

Critical electric dipole moment in one dimension

The magnitude of an electric dipole moment must be larger or equal to a certain value to support bound states. Such critical dipole moment, pcrit, has been calculated in 2 and 3 dimensions and has been suggested that its calculation in one dimension cannot be possible. We evaluate pcrit in one dimension showing that the previous suggestion is untenable.