Measurement of the shielding factor of the Magnetically Shielded Room for the nEDM experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Level of Education of Students Involved
Undergraduate
Faculty Sponsor
Dr. Shirvel Stanislaus
College
College of Arts & Sciences (CAS)
Discipline(s)
Physics
ORCID Identifier(s)
0009-0002-6619-4496
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Symposium Date
Spring 4-24-2025
Abstract
The neutron Electric Dipole Moment (nEDM) experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory is designed to search for the nEDM at the level of 10^-27 e*cm. The experiment will make use of the Ramsey method of separate oscillatory fields at room temperature. To minimize statistical and systematic uncertainties, the experiment is enclosed in a five layer Mu-metal magnetically shielded room (MSR). The performance of the MSR can be characterized by the shielding factor, the ratio of the magnetic field measured in the absence of the MSR to the magnetic field measured inside the MSR. A set of solenoidal coils was used to produce a magnetic field and construct a new measurement of the shielding factor to compare with previous measurements of different methods. Results of the new shielding factor measurement will be presented.
Recommended Citation
Koch, Aiden, "Measurement of the shielding factor of the Magnetically Shielded Room for the nEDM experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory" (2025). Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 1368.
https://scholar.valpo.edu/cus/1368
Biographical Information about Author(s)
Aiden Koch is an Electrical Engineering and Physics major here at Valpo. He loves his Christ College classes and learning outside of his discipline. He hates spending time on his phone and thinks everyone should make it a daily priority to stop and smell the roses with hopes of appreciating the beauty and complexity that surrounds us all- most evident in each other.