A gas detector to measure the magnetic moment at a nuclear reactor

Abstract The drift properties of tetrafluoromethane, CF 4 , studied for the first time up to a pressure of 5 bar and over a 20 cm drift distance, are presented. The aim of this research is to check the feasibility of a ν c e − scattering experiment sensitive to a neutrino magnetic moment down to a few 10 −11 Bohr magnetons. This project and its motivations are also described.