Speaker
Victoria Kletzl
Description
The existence of a neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) would simultaneously violate parity and time symmetries, representing an additional channel of charge-parity violation. Therefore, it is an excellent testing ground for physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). The international nEDM collaboration is currently commissioning the n2EDM experiment at the ultra cold neutron (UCN) source at the Paul Scherrer Institute. It aims for a tenfold improvement in sensitivity relative to the current best upper limit of 1.8 · 10$^{-26}$ e·cm (90% C.L.) measured by our collaboration with the predecessor apparatus. This talk will present an overview of the new experiment and commissioning measurements.
This work is supported by SNF#188700.
Authors
Victoria Kletzl
on behalf of the nEDM collaboration