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The electro-weak part of Standard Model of Particle Physics predicts a neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) of 10-32 e cm, far below current experimental sensitivities. Therefore, a non-vanishing nEDM by current experiments would be an unambiguous signature for new physics. Furthermore, any signal would indicate additional charge-parity violation beyond the Standard Model, giving new clues to origin of the observed matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe. With the n2EDM experiment located at Paul Scherrer Institute, we aim to search for an nEDM with unprecedented sensitivity. The goal is to increase the sensitivity by an order of magnitude with respect to the current best limit of 1.8 × 10-26 e cm. In this talk, an overview of the experiment, preliminary results from the commissioning and glimpse at our first data collection period will be presented.
