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First observation of new effects at the set-up for searching for a neutron electric dipole moment by a crystal-diffraction method. / Fedorov, V. V.; Lapin, E. G.; Semenikhin, S. Y.; Voronin, V. V.
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T1 - First observation of new effects at the set-up for searching for a neutron electric dipole moment by a crystal-diffraction method
AU - Fedorov, V. V.
AU - Lapin, E. G.
AU - Semenikhin, S. Y.
AU - Voronin, V. V.
PY - 2002/12/1
Y1 - 2002/12/1
N2 - First observation of new effects was carried out using the set-up created for searching for a neutron electric dipole moment (EDM) by a crystal-diffraction method. For the first time the neutron dynamical Laue diffraction for the Bragg angles close to a right angle (up to 87°) was studied, using the direct diffraction beam and a thick (∼ 3.5-cm) crystal. The effect of an essential time delay of diffracting neutrons inside the crystal for Bragg angles close to 90° was experimentally observed, using a time-of-flight method. The phenomenon of neutron-beam depolarization was first experimentally observed for the case of Laue diffraction in a noncentrosymmetric α-quartz crystal. It is experimentally proved that the interplanar electric field, affecting a neutron in a crystal, maintains its value up to Bragg angles equal to 87°. These results confirm the opportunity to increase by more than an order of magnitude the sensitivity of the method to the neutron EDM, using the diffraction angles close to 90°, and give a real prospect to exceed the sensitivity of the magnetic resonance method, using ultra-cold neutrons.
AB - First observation of new effects was carried out using the set-up created for searching for a neutron electric dipole moment (EDM) by a crystal-diffraction method. For the first time the neutron dynamical Laue diffraction for the Bragg angles close to a right angle (up to 87°) was studied, using the direct diffraction beam and a thick (∼ 3.5-cm) crystal. The effect of an essential time delay of diffracting neutrons inside the crystal for Bragg angles close to 90° was experimentally observed, using a time-of-flight method. The phenomenon of neutron-beam depolarization was first experimentally observed for the case of Laue diffraction in a noncentrosymmetric α-quartz crystal. It is experimentally proved that the interplanar electric field, affecting a neutron in a crystal, maintains its value up to Bragg angles equal to 87°. These results confirm the opportunity to increase by more than an order of magnitude the sensitivity of the method to the neutron EDM, using the diffraction angles close to 90°, and give a real prospect to exceed the sensitivity of the magnetic resonance method, using ultra-cold neutrons.
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U2 - 10.1007/s003390201754
DO - 10.1007/s003390201754
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037003667
VL - 74
JO - Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
JF - Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
SN - 0947-8396
IS - SUPPL.I
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