HEP Seminars

High sensitivity, Storage Ring proton Electric Dipole Moment experiment

by Prof. Yannis Semertzidis (Korea Advanced Inst of Science and Technology)

Friday 16 May 2014 from 11:00 to 12:00 (Europe/London)
at Chadwick Building ( Barkla Lecture Theatre )
Description
Sensitive EDM experiments probe New Physics at a higher level than the LHC.  All the neutron EDM experiments are statistics limited as ultra-cold neutrons come from secondary beams and their intensity is severely limited.  Proton EDM in storage rings utilize high intensity, well behaved beams, from a primary source.  Using techniques similar to those used in the muon g-2 experiment the EDM sensitivity can be maximized and the systematic errors can be minimized below our sensitivity level.  The first stage goal is for a proton EDM sensitivity of 10^(-29) e-cm level with New Physics sensitivity scale over 100 TeV.