A concept to search for a neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) is presented, which employs a pulsed neutron beam instead of the nowadays established use of storable ultracold neutrons (UCN). The technique takes advantage of the high peak flux and the time structure of a next-generation pulsed spallation source like the planned European Spallation Source. It is demonstrated that the sensitivity for a nEDM can be improved by several orders of magnitude compared to the best beam experiments performed in the 1970's and can compete with the sensitivity of UCN experiments.
@article{arxiv.1309.1959,
title = {New Concept for a Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Search using a Pulsed Beam},
author = {F. M. Piegsa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.1959},
year = {2013}
}