An apparatus for studying electrical breakdown in liquid helium at 0.4 K and testing electrode materials for the neutron electric dipole moment experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source

Ito, T. M.; Ramsey, J. C.; Yao, W.; Beck, D. H.; Cianciolo, V.; Clayton, S. M.; Crawford, C.; Currie, S. A.; Filippone, B. W.; Griffith, W. C.; Makela, M.; Schmid, R.; Seidel, G. M.; Tang, Z.; Wagner, D.; Wei, W.; Williamson, S. E.

doi:10.1063/1.4946896

Title: An apparatus for studying electrical breakdown in liquid helium at 0.4 K and testing electrode materials for the neutron electric dipole moment experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source

Journal Article · Mon Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4946896· OSTI ID:1261310

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States). Loomis Lab. of Physics
Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). W.K. Kellogg Radiation Lab.
Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States). Dept. of Physics

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1261310

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1249777; OSTI ID: 1409751

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-15-27666; KB0401022; ERKBP16

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 87, Issue 4; ISSN 0034-6748

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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