Program for studying fundamental interactions at the PIK reactor facilities
- Authors: Serebrov A.P.1, Vassiljev A.V.1, Varlamov V.E.1, Geltenbort P.2, Gridnev K.A.3, Dmitriev S.P.4, Dovator N.A.4, Egorov A.I.1, Ezhov V.F.1, Zherebtsov O.M.1, Zinoviev V.G.1, Ivochkin V.G.1, Ivanov S.N.1, Ivanov S.A.1, Kolomensky E.A.1, Konoplev K.A.1, Krasnoschekova I.A.1, Lasakov M.S.1, Lyamkin V.A.1, Martemyanov V.P.5, Murashkin A.N.1, Neustroev P.V.1, Onegin M.S.1, Petelin A.L.6, Pirozhkov A.N.1, Polyushkin A.O.1, Prudnikov D.V.1, Ryabov V.L.1, Samoylov R.M.1, Sbitnev S.V.1, Fomin A.K.1, Fomichev A.V.3, Zimmer O.2, Cherniy A.V.1, Shoka I.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
- Institut Laue-Langevin
- St. Petersburg State University
- Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
- National Research Center Kurchatov Institute
- Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
- Issue: Vol 79, No 3 (2016)
- Pages: 293-303
- Section: Nuclei Experiment
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/1063-7788/article/view/189964
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063778816030145
- ID: 189964
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Abstract
A research program aimed at studying fundamental interactions by means of ultracold and polarized cold neutrons at the GEK-4-4′ channel of the PIK reactor is presented. The apparatus to be used includes a source of cold neutrons in the heavy-water reflector of the reactor, a source of ultracold neutrons based on superfluid helium and installed in a cold-neutron beam extracted from the GEK-4 channel, and a number of experimental facilities in neutron beams. An experiment devoted to searches for the neutron electric dipole moment and an experiment aimed at a measurement the neutron lifetime with the aid of a large gravitational trap are planned to be performed in a beam of ultracold neutrons. An experiment devoted to measuring neutron-decay asymmetries with the aid of a superconducting solenoid is planned in a beam of cold polarized neutrons from the GEK-4′ channel. The second ultracold-neutron source and an experiment aimed at measuring the neutron lifetime with the aid of a magnetic trap are planned in the neutron-guide system of the GEK-3 channel. In the realms of neutrino physics, an experiment intended for sterile-neutrino searches is designed. The state of affairs around the preparation of the experimental equipment for this program is discussed.
About the authors
A. P. Serebrov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Author for correspondence.
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
A. V. Vassiljev
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
V. E. Varlamov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
P. Geltenbort
Institut Laue-Langevin
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
France, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38000
K. A. Gridnev
St. Petersburg State University
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Universitetskaya nab. 7-9, St. Petersburg, 199034
S. P. Dmitriev
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021
N. A. Dovator
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Politekhnicheskaya ul. 26, St. Petersburg, 194021
A. I. Egorov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
V. F. Ezhov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
O. M. Zherebtsov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
V. G. Zinoviev
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
V. G. Ivochkin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
S. N. Ivanov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
S. A. Ivanov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
E. A. Kolomensky
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
K. A. Konoplev
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
I. A. Krasnoschekova
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
M. S. Lasakov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
V. A. Lyamkin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
V. P. Martemyanov
National Research Center Kurchatov Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, pl. Akademika Kurchatova 1, Moscow, 123182
A. N. Murashkin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
P. V. Neustroev
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
M. S. Onegin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
A. L. Petelin
Research Institute of Atomic Reactors
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Dimitrovgrad-10, Ulyanovsk oblast, 433510
A. N. Pirozhkov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
A. O. Polyushkin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
D. V. Prudnikov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
V. L. Ryabov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
R. M. Samoylov
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
S. V. Sbitnev
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
A. K. Fomin
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
A. V. Fomichev
St. Petersburg State University
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Universitetskaya nab. 7-9, St. Petersburg, 199034
O. Zimmer
Institut Laue-Langevin
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
France, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble, 38000
A. V. Cherniy
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
I. V. Shoka
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute
Email: serebrov@pnpi.spb.ru
Russian Federation, Gatchina, 188300
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