New classes of systematic effects in gas spin co-magnetometers
Abstract
Atomic co-magnetometers are widely used in precision measurements searching for spin interactions beyond the Standard Model. We describe a new 3He-129Xe co-magnetometer probed by Rb atoms and use it to identify two general classes of systematic effects in gas co-magnetometers, one associated with diffusion in second-order magnetic field gradients and another due to temperature gradients. We also develop a general and practical approach for calculating spin relaxation and frequency shifts due to arbitrary magnetic field gradients and confirm it experimentally.
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