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An obvious observable to investigate is an EDM, because the SM-EDM values are unmeasurably small with current experimental techniques, finding an EDM would very probably also indicate new physics, not contained in the SM [[1]]. Permanent electric dipole moments (EDM) of particles violate both time reversal (T) and parity (P) invariance and, on the basis of the CPT (C represents charge conjugation) theorem, they also violate the combined symmetry CP (Charge-Parity Violation: CPV). Although a measurement in principle might be deemed very simple, the challenge (for any permanent or oscillating EDM search) lies in the fact that EDMs are very small - the neutron EDM upper limit is now at d < 1.8 x 10 SP -26 sp e.cm (90% CL) [[5]]. [Extracted from the article]

One of the most intriguing questions in cosmology and perhaps in all of physics is: “Why is there so much matter in the Universe and so little antimatter?” Until today, there is no evidence for any primordial antimatter within our galaxy or even beyond. There is no indication for any form of co-existence of matter and antimatter in clusters or galaxies within our Universe. Hence, it is usually concluded that our visible Universe is made entirely of matter and is intrinsically matter non-symmetric. According to the combined Standard Models of cosmology and particle physics it is expected that at the end of the inflationary epoch—following the Big Bang—the number of particles and antiparticles were in extreme balance, yet somehow the laws of physics contrived to act differently on matter and antimatter in order to generate the current imbalance. Interestingly, one of the necessary physics mechanisms required for such effects—namely CP-violation—is very small in the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics and thus is only able to account for a tiny fraction of the actual asymmetry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the 5th Polarization Symposium in 1980, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Willy reported the successful test of his target using a tandem beam. In 1970, Willy organized with H. Barschall the very successful 3rd Polarization Symposium in Madison. Already in 1965, Willy proposed a Teflon-coated storage cell to compress a polarized atomic beam for use as a gas target. [Extracted from the article]