17–24 Jul 2024
Prague
Europe/Prague timezone

Search for neutron conversions with the HIBEAM/NNBAR experiment

19 Jul 2024, 09:55
17m
South Hall 1A

South Hall 1A

Parallel session talk 03. Beyond the Standard Model Beyond the Standard Model

Speaker

David Anthony Milstead (Stockholm University (SE))

Description

The HIBEAM/NNBAR experiment is a two stage experiment for the European Spallation
Source to search for baryon number violation. The experiment would make high sensitivity searches for baryon number violating processes: n → nbar and n → n′(neutron to sterile neutron), corresponding to the selection rules in baryon number ΔB = 2, 1 , respectively. The experiment addresses open questions such as baryogenesis and dark matter, and is sensitive to a scale of new physics in excess of that available at colliders. The experiment comprises physicists from large collider experiments and low energy nuclear physics experiments, together with scientists specialising in neutronics and magnetics. European, US, and South American communities are represented. The experiment can increase the sensitivity to neutron conversion probabilities by three orders of magnitude compared with previous searches. The opportunity to make such a leap in sensitivity in tests of a global symmetry is a rare one.

Alternate track 09. Dark Matter Detection
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Primary author

David Anthony Milstead (Stockholm University (SE))

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