Abstract
Searches for the permanent electric dipole moment of the neutron (nEDM) provide strong constraints on theories beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. The TUCAN collaboration is constructing a source for ultra-cold neutrons (UCN) and an apparatus to search for the nEDM at TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada. In this work, we estimate that the spallation-driven UCN source based on a superfluid helium converter will provide (1.38 ± 0.02) 107 polarized UCN at a density of 217 ± 3 UCN/cm3 to a room-temperature EDM experiment per fill. With (1.43 ± 0.02) 106 neutrons detected after the Ramsey cycle, the statistical sensitivity for an nEDM search per storage cycle will be (1.94 ± 0.06) × 10−25 ecm (1σ). The goal sensitivity of 10−27 ecm (1σ) can be reached within 281 ± 16 measurement days.
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