• Title of article

    Search for neutron–mirror neutron oscillations in a laboratory experiment with ultracold neutrons

  • Author/Authors

    A. P. Serebrov، نويسنده , , A.P. and Aleksandrov، نويسنده , , E.B. and Dovator، نويسنده , , N.A. and Dmitriev، نويسنده , , S.P. and Fomin، نويسنده , , A.K. and Geltenbort، نويسنده , , P. and Kharitonov، نويسنده , , A.G. and Krasnoschekova، نويسنده , , I.A. and Lasakov، نويسنده , , M.S. and Murashkin، نويسنده , , A.N. and Shmelev، نويسنده , , G.E. and Varlamov، نويسنده , , V.E. and Vassiljev، نويسنده , , A.V. and Zherebtsov، نويسنده , , O.M. and Zimmer، نويسنده , , O.، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    137
  • To page
    140
  • Abstract
    Mirror matter is considered as a candidate for dark matter. In connection with this an experimental search for neutron–mirror neutron (nn′) transitions has been carried out using storage of ultracold neutrons in a trap with different magnetic fields. As a result, a new limit for the neutron–mirror neutron oscillation time τosc has been obtained, τosc≥448 s (90% C.L.), assuming that there is no mirror magnetic field larger than 100 nT. Besides a first attempt to obtain some restriction for mirror magnetic field has been done.
  • Keywords
    Mirror world , Ultracold neutrons , Neutron oscillations
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    1991227