Measurements to test the neutrality of matter by acoustic means are reported. The apparatus is based on a spherical capacitor filled with gaseous SF_6 excited by an oscillating electric field. The apparatus has been calibrated measuring the electric polarizability. Assuming charge conservation in the β decay of the neutron, the experiment gives a limit of \epsilon_{p−e} <= 1 × 10−21 for the electron-proton charge difference, the same limit holding for the charge of the neutron. Previous measurements are critically reviewed and found to be inaccurate.

Testing the neutrality of matter by acoustic means in a spherical resonator

DELLA VALLE, FEDERICO;
2011-01-01

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Measurements to test the neutrality of matter by acoustic means are reported. The apparatus is based on a spherical capacitor filled with gaseous SF_6 excited by an oscillating electric field. The apparatus has been calibrated measuring the electric polarizability. Assuming charge conservation in the β decay of the neutron, the experiment gives a limit of \epsilon_{p−e} <= 1 × 10−21 for the electron-proton charge difference, the same limit holding for the charge of the neutron. Previous measurements are critically reviewed and found to be inaccurate.
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