Publications by authors named "O Naviliat-Cuncic"

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  • * The decay of ^{6}He into ^{4}He, a neutron, and a dark matter particle (χ) allows for clear detection when using an efficient neutron detector.
  • * A recent experiment at Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds set an upper limit on the dark decay branching ratio and provided improved constraints on dark neutron decays, making them significantly more precise than previous findings.
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High-precision searches for an electric dipole moment of the neutron (nEDM) require stable and uniform magnetic field environments. We present the recent achievements of degaussing and equilibrating the magnetically shielded room (MSR) for the n2EDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute. We present the final degaussing configuration that will be used for n2EDM after numerous studies.

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We present a novel Active Magnetic Shield (AMS), designed and implemented for the n2EDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer Institute. The experiment will perform a high-sensitivity search for the electric dipole moment of the neutron. Magnetic-field stability and control is of key importance for n2EDM.

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Models that postulate the existence of hidden sectors address contemporary questions, such as the source of baryogenesis and the nature of dark matter. Neutron-to-hidden-neutron oscillations are among the possible mixing processes and have been tested with ultracold neutron storage and passing-through-wall experiments to set constraints on the oscillation period τ_{nn^{'}}. These searches probe the oscillations as a function of the mass splitting due to the neutron-hidden-neutron energy degeneracy.

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