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Constraining interactions mediated by axion-like particles with ultracold neutrons
S. Afach
G. Ban
1
G. Bison
K. Bodek
M. Burghoff
M. Daum
M. Fertl
B. Franke
Z.D. Grujic
V. Helaine
1
M. Kasprzak
Y. Kermaidic
2
K. Kirch
P. Knowles
H.C. Koch
S. Komposch
A. Kozela
J. Krempel
B. Lauss
T. Lefort
1
Y. Lemière
1
A. Mtchedlishvili
O. Naviliat-Cuncic
1
F.M. Piegsa
G. Pignol
2
P.N. Prashanth
G. Quéméner
1
D. Rebreyend
2
D. Ries
S. Roccia
3
P. Schmidt-Wellenburg
A. Schnabel
N. Severijns
J. Voigt
A. Weis
G. Wyszynski
J. Zejma
J. Zenner
G. Zsigmond
3
CSNSM SNO
CSNSM - Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse, CSNSM - Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière : UMR8609
S. Afach
Author
G. Ban 1
Author Employer institution : École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen
G. Bison
Author
K. Bodek
Author
A. Kozela
Author
J. Krempel
Author
B. Lauss
Author
T. Lefort 1
Author Employer institution : Université de Caen Normandie
Y. Lemière 1
Author Employer institution : Université de Caen Normandie
A. Mtchedlishvili
Author
O. Naviliat-Cuncic 1
Author
F.M. Piegsa
Author
G. Pignol 2
Author
P.N. Prashanth
Author
G. Quéméner 1
Author Employer institution : Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS IdHAL : 0000-0001-6703-6655 ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6703-6655
D. Rebreyend 2
Author
1
LPCC - Laboratoire de physique corpusculaire de Caen (ENSICAEN - 6, boulevard du Marechal Juin 14050 Caen Cedex - France)
- UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie (Esplanade de la Paix - CS 14032 - 14032 CAEN Cedex 5 - France)
- NU - Normandie Université (Esplanade de la Paix - CS 14032 - 14032 Caen Cedex 5 - France)
- ENSICAEN - École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Caen (6, Boulevard du Maréchal Juin CS 45053 14050 CAEN cedex 04 - France)
- NU - Normandie Université (Esplanade de la Paix - CS 14032 - 14032 Caen Cedex 5 - France)
- IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR6534 (France)
2
LPSC - Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (53 avenue des Martyrs - 38026 Grenoble Cedex - France)
- UJF - Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (BP 53 - 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9 - France)
- Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (46 avenue Félix Viallet 38031 Grenoble Cedex 1 - France)
- IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (France)
- Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR5821 (France)
3
CSNSM SNO (France)
- CSNSM - Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (batiments 104 et 108 - 91405 Orsay Campus - France)
- UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (Bâtiment 300 - 91405 Orsay cedex - France)
- IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8609 (France)
- CSNSM - Centre de Sciences Nucléaires et de Sciences de la Matière : UMR8609 (Bâtiments 104 et 108 91405 Orsay Campus - France)
- UP11 - Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (Bâtiment 300 - 91405 Orsay cedex - France)
- IN2P3 - Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8609 (France)
Abstract : We report a new limit on a possible short range spin-dependent interaction from the precise measurement of the ratio of Larmor precession frequencies of stored ultracold neutrons and Hg-199 atoms confined in the same volume. The measurement was performed in a similar to 1 mu T vertical magnetic holding field with the apparatus searching for a permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron at the Paul Scherrer Institute. A possible coupling between freely precessing polarized neutron spins and unpolarized nucleons of the wall material can be investigated by searching for a tiny change of the precession frequencies of neutron and mercury spins. Such a frequency change can be interpreted as a consequence of a short range spin-dependent interaction that could possibly be mediated by axions or axion-like particles. The interaction strength is proportional to the CP violating product of scalar and pseudoscalar coupling constants g(S)g(P). Our result confirms limits from complementary experiments with spin-polarized nuclei in a model-independent way. Limits from other neutron experiments are improved by up to two orders of magnitude in the interaction range of 10(-6) < lambda < 10(-4) m. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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S. Afach, G. Ban, G. Bison, K. Bodek, M. Burghoff, et al.. Constraining interactions mediated by axion-like particles with ultracold neutrons. Physics Letters B, Elsevier, 2015, 745, pp.58-63. ⟨10.1016/j.physletb.2015.04.024⟩. ⟨in2p3-01158512⟩
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