Spin-precession method for sensitive electric dipole moment searches
A. Boeschoten, Virginia R. Marshall, T. B. Meijknecht, Anno Touwen, Hendrick L. Bethlem, Anastasia Borschevsky, Steven Hoekstra, Joost W. F. van Hofslot, K. Jungmann, Maarten C. Mooij, R. G. E. Timmermans, W. Ubachs, Lorenz Willmann
Abstract
In the context of searches for a nonzero permanent electric dipole moment (EDM), a spin-precession method is demonstrated which provides a high sensitivity to experimental parameters such as electric-field strength and employed laser intensity while maintaining sensitivity to an EDM. This approach allows for constraining systematic biases as a necessary step towards an increased sensitivity in probing physics beyond the Standard Model through stringent EDM limits.
Topics & Concepts
PrecessionDipoleMoment (physics)Spin (aerodynamics)Electric dipole momentPhysicsCondensed matter physicsMagnetic dipoleNuclear magnetic resonanceQuantum mechanicsThermodynamicsAtomic and Subatomic Physics ResearchAdvanced NMR Techniques and ApplicationsNMR spectroscopy and applications