Theoretical issues and experimental opportunities in searches for time reversal invariance violation using neutrons

Date: 
Thursday, December 6, 2018 - 9:00am to Saturday, December 8, 2018 - 1:00pm
Location: 

LGRT 419B

This workshop will discuss theoretical issues relevant for experimental searches for time reversal violation using slow neutrons. It will present the current and projected reach of a range of experimental approaches and explore the interrelationships of the sensitivity to different types of T violation for these experiments. Experimental strategies discussed will include searches for neutron electric dipole moments, searches for T-odd correlations in neutron decay experiments, searches for T-odd effects using polarized neutron dynamical diffraction in non-centrosymmetric perfect crystals, and T-odd effects in forward transmission in polarized neutron optics.

Organizers:
Vincenzo Cirigliano (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Chen-Yu Liu (Indiana University)
Pieter Mumm (National Institutes of Standards and Technology)
Bradley Plaster (University of Kentucky)
Michael Snow (Indiana University)

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Schedule

2018-12-06
Thursday, December 6
9:00am
Welcome

Michael Ramsey-Musolf

U Mass Amherst

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Thursday, December 6
9:15am
T-odd Interactions in Neutrons: Workshop Overview

William Michael Snow

Indiana University

Thursday, December 6
9:30am
Thursday, December 6
10:30am
Thursday, December 6
10:45am
Thursday, December 6
11:45am
Thursday, December 6
12:15pm
Thursday, December 6
1:30pm
Thursday, December 6
2:30pm
Survey of EDM Measurements

Tim Chupp

University of Michigan

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Thursday, December 6
3:30pm
Thursday, December 6
4:00pm
T Violation Theory Nuclear Reactions

Vladimir Gudkov

University of South Carolina

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Thursday, December 6
5:00pm
Thursday, December 6
6:30pm
2018-12-07
Friday, December 7
9:00am
T-violating observables in neutron decay – experimental opportunities

Kazimierz Bodek

Jagiellonian University, M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics

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Friday, December 7
10:00am
Friday, December 7
10:30am
Friday, December 7
10:45am
T-odd Effects in Dynamical Diffraction

Ben Heacock

North Carolina State University

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Friday, December 7
11:15am
Friday, December 7
11:45am
Friday, December 7
12:15pm
Friday, December 7
1:30pm
nEDM - European Efforts

Bernhard Lauss

Paul Scherrer Institute

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Friday, December 7
2:00pm
nEDM - North American Efforts

Takeyasu Ito

Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Friday, December 7
2:30pm
Friday, December 7
3:00pm
Friday, December 7
3:30pm
Friday, December 7
4:30pm
Statistical Theory of T Violation in Nuclei

Steven Tomsovic

Washington State University

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Friday, December 7
5:30pm
2018-12-08
Saturday, December 8
9:00am
Saturday, December 8
9:30am
Saturday, December 8
10:00am
Saturday, December 8
10:45am
Saturday, December 8
11:45am