Hammond, G., Pulido-Patón, A., Rochester, G., Shaul, D., Speake, C., Sumner, T. and Trenkel, C. (2008) A new spin source to search for scalar-pseudoscalar couplings at short range. Physical Review D, 77(3), 036005. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.036005)
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Abstract
We describe the design and performance of a new source of polarized spins that can be employed in experiments that search for macroscopic interactions between particles with intrinsic spin. In this article we concentrate on the analysis of the performance of the spin source in generating putative scalar-pseudoscalar forces. We outline two methods of calculating the magnitude of such forces and compare the predictions of the models. We discuss the manufacture of the spin source and the measurements that we have carried out in order to place upper limits on systematic effects that would limit the sensitivity of such searches. We have shown, in a recent article to Physical Review Letters [G. D. Hammond, C. C. Speake, C. Trenkel, and A. Pulido-Patón, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 081101 (2007)], that the combination of the spin source together with the torque sensitivity of our torsion balance improves constraints on the coupling strength of macroscopic scalar-pseudoscalar interactions by 10 orders of magnitude at a range of 1 mm. This paper further supports that work and provides a detailed description and characterization of the spin source.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Hammond, Professor Giles |
| Authors: | Hammond, G., Pulido-Patón, A., Rochester, G., Shaul, D., Speake, C., Sumner, T., and Trenkel, C. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Journal Name: | Physical Review D |
| Publisher: | American Physical Society |
| ISSN: | 1550-7998 |
| Published Online: | 19 February 2008 |
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