The radon EDM apparatus

Hyperfine Interactions

Volumn 225, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 197-206

  Tardiff, E R ^a   Rand, E T ^b   Ball, G C ^a   Chupp, T E ^c   Garnsworthy, A B ^a   Garrett, P ^b   Hayden, M E ^d   Kierans, C A ^d   Lorenzon, W ^c   Pearson, M R ^a   Schaub, C ^a   Svensson, C E ^b  

^a TRIUMF   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electric dipole moment; Octupole enhancement; Polarization measurement; Radon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890439757     PISSN: 03043843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10751-013-0898-2     Document Type: Article

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