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A measurement of the neutron to 199Hg magnetic moment ratio

M. G. D. Van Der GrintenM. G. D. Van Der GrintenM. PerkowskiS. AfachS. AfachP. Schmidt-wellenburgT. LefortGuillaume PignolAntoine WeisE. PierreE. PierreGeorg BisonKazimierz BodekBernhard LaussA. MtchedlishviliP. N. PrashanthJ. ZennerJ. ZennerJ. ZennerOscar Naviliat-cuncicFlorian M. PiegsaAllard SchnabelKlaus KirchKlaus KirchReinhold HenneckM. DaumWerner HeilJ. M. PendleburyD. RebreyendS. N. IvanovY. LemièreM. HorrasM. HorrasGeza ZsigmondMalgorzata KasprzakAndreas KnechtPhilip HarrisJens-uwe VoigtY. KermaidicNathal SeverijnsK. F. SmithG. QuéménerK. GreenK. GreenG. BanD. ShiersD. RiesP. GeltenbortJ. KrempelS. RocciaB. FrankeB. FrankeZoran D. GrujićH.-c. KochH.-c. KochJacek ZejmaG. WyszynskiG. WyszynskiV. HélaineV. HélaineMartin BurghoffZ. ChowdhuriM. KuźniakM. KuźniakMartin FertlMartin FertlC.a. BakerP. Iaydjiev

subject

inorganic chemicalsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysics - Instrumentation and DetectorsNeutron magnetic momentAtomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical PhenomenaGyromagnetic ratioFOS: Physical sciences[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]01 natural sciencesPhysics - Atomic PhysicsNuclear physicsMagnetic momentGyromagnetic ratio0103 physical sciencesAtomNeutron[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]Physics::Atomic PhysicsNuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)010306 general physicsNuclear ExperimentPhysicsCondensed Matter::Quantum Gases[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ATOM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atomic Physics [physics.atom-ph]Magnetic moment010308 nuclear & particles physicsProton magnetic momenttechnology industry and agricultureQC0793Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)Ultracold neutrons; Mercury atoms; Magnetic moment; Gyromagnetic ratioQC0770lcsh:QC1-999Mercury atomsElectric dipole momentbiological sciencesUltracold neutronslipids (amino acids peptides and proteins)Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary AstrophysicsAtomic physicsUltracold neutronslcsh:Physics

description

The neutron gyromagnetic ratio has been measured relative to that of the 199Hg atom with an uncertainty of 0.8 ppm. We employed an apparatus where ultracold neutrons and mercury atoms are stored in the same volume and report the result γn/γHg=3.8424574(30).

10.1016/j.physletb.2014.10.046http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269314007692