188 research outputs found
Calculation of nuclear spin-dependent parity-nonconserving amplitude for (7s,F=4) --> (7s,F=5) transition in Fr
Many-body calculation of nuclear spin-dependent parity-nonconserving
amplitude for (7s,F=4) --> (7s,F=5) transition between hyperfine sublevels of
the ground state of Fr is carried out. The final result is <7s,F=5
||d_PNC|| 7s,F=4> = -0.49 10^{-10} i kappa a.u., where kappa is the
dimensionless coupling constant. This is approximately an order of magnitude
larger than similar amplitude in Cs. The dominant contribution to kappa is
associated with the anapole moment of the nucleus.Comment: 4 pages, submitted to Phys.Rev.
E1 amplitudes, lifetimes, and polarizabilities of the low-lying levels of atomic ytterbium
The results of ab initio calculation of E1 amplitudes, lifetimes,and
polarizabilities for several low-lying levels of ytterbium are reported. The
effective Hamiltonian for the valence electrons has been constructed in the
frame of CI+MBPT method and solutions of many electron equation are found.Comment: 11 pages, submitted to Phys.Rev.
Limits on the monopole magnetic field from measurements of the electric dipole moments of atoms, molecules and the neutron
A radial magnetic field can induce a time invariance violating electric
dipole moment (EDM) in quantum systems. The EDMs of the Tl, Cs, Xe and Hg atoms
and the neutron that are produced by such a field are estimated. The
contributions of such a field to the constants, of the T,P-odd
interactions and are also estimated for the TlF, HgF and YbF molecules (where
() is the electron (nuclear) spin and is the molecular
axis). The best limit on the contact monopole field can be obtained from the
measured value of the Tl EDM. The possibility of such a field being produced
from polarization of the vacuum of electrically charged magnetic monopoles
(dyons) by a Coulomb field is discussed, as well as the limit on these dyons.
An alternative mechanism involves chromomagnetic and chromoelectric fields in
QCD.Comment: Uses RevTex, 16 pages, 4 postscript figures. An explanation of why
there is no orbital contribution to the EDM has been added, and the
presentation has been improved in genera
Stringent bounds to spatial variations of the electron-to-proton mass ratio in the Milky Way
The ammonia method to probe variations of the electron-to-proton mass ratio,
Delta_mu/mu, is applied for the first time to dense prestellar molecular clouds
in the Milky Way. Carefully selected sample of 21 NH_3/CCS pairs observed in
the Perseus molecular cloud provide the offset Delta V (CCS-NH_3)=
36+/-7_{stat}+/-13.5_{sys} m/s . A similar offset of Delta V = 40.8 +/-
12.9_{stat} m/s between NH_3 (J,K) = (1,1) and N_2H+ J = 1-0 has been found in
an isolated dense core L183 by Pagani et al. (2009). Overall these observations
provide a safe bound of a maximum offset between ammonia and the other
molecules at the level of Delta V < 100 m/s. This bound corresponds to
Delta_mu/mu < 1E-7, which is an order of magnitude more sensitive than
available extragalactic constraints. Taken at face value the measured Delta V
shows positive shifts between the line centers of NH_3 and these two other
molecules and suggest a real offset, which would imply a Delta_mu/mu about
4E-8. If Delta_mu/mu follows the gradient of the local gravitational potential,
then the obtained results are in conflict with laboratory atomic clock
experiments in the solar system by 5 orders of magnitude, thus requiring a
chameleon-type scalar field model. New measurements involving other molecules
and a wider range of objects along with verification of molecular rest
frequencies are currently planned to confirm these first indications.Comment: 7 pages +2 figures. Galileo Galilei Institute Conferences on Dark
Matter and Dark Energ
Reevaluation of the role of nuclear uncertainties in experiments on atomic parity violation with isotopic chains
In light of new data on neutron distributions from experiments with
antiprotonic atoms [ Trzcinska {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 082501
(2001)], we reexamine the role of nuclear-structure uncertainties in the
interpretation of measurements of parity violation in atoms using chains of
isotopes of the same element. With these new nuclear data, we find an
improvement in the sensitivity of isotopic chain measurements to ``new
physics'' beyond the standard model. We compare possible constraints on ``new
physics'' with the most accurate to date single-isotope probe of parity
violation in the Cs atom. We conclude that presently isotopic chain experiments
employing atoms with nuclear charges Z < 50 may result in more accurate tests
of the weak interaction.Comment: 6 pages, 1 fig., submitted to Phys. Rev.
Possibility of an ultra-precise optical clock using the transition in Yb atoms held in an optical lattice
We report calculations designed to assess the ultimate precision of an atomic
clock based on the 578 nm transition in Yb atoms
confined in an optical lattice trap. We find that this transition has a natural
linewidth less than 10 mHz in the odd Yb isotopes, caused by hyperfine
coupling. The shift in this transition due to the trapping light acting through
the lowest order AC polarizability is found to become zero at the magic trap
wavelength of about 752 nm. The effects of Rayleigh scattering, higher-order
polarizabilities, vector polarizability, and hyperfine induced electronic
magnetic moments can all be held below a mHz (about a part in 10^{18}), except
in the case of the hyperpolarizability larger shifts due to nearly resonant
terms cannot be ruled out without an accurate measurement of the magic
wavelength.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Proof of the multi-Regge form of QCD amplitudes with gluon exchanges in the NLA
The multi--Regge form of QCD amplitudes with gluon exchanges is proved in the
next-to-leading approximation. The proof is based on the bootstrap relations,
which are required for the compatibility of this form with the s-channel
unitarity. We show that the fulfillment of all these relations ensures the
Reggeized form of energy dependent radiative corrections order by order in
perturbation theory. Then we prove that all these relations are fulfilled if
several bootstrap conditions on the Reggeon vertices and trajectory hold true.
Now all these conditions are checked and proved to be satisfied.Comment: 15 page
Time-reversal violating rotation of polarization plane of light in gas placed in electric field
Rotation of polarization plane of light in gas placed in electric field is
considered. Different factors causing this phenomenon are investigated. Angle
of polarization plane rotation for transition 6S_{1/2} - 7S_{1/2} in cesium
(lambda=539 nm) is estimated. The possibility to observe this effect
experimentally is discussed.Comment: 10 pages, Late
Electric dipole moments of Hg, Xe, Rn, Ra, Pu, and TlF induced by the nuclear Schiff moment and limits on time-reversal violating interactions
We have calculated the atomic electric dipole moments (EDMs) induced in
^{199}Hg, ^{129}Xe, ^{223}Rn, ^{225}Ra, and ^{239}Pu by their respective
nuclear Schiff moments S. The results are (in units 10^{-17}S(e {fm}^{3})^{-1}e
cm): d(^{199}Hg)=-2.8, d(^{129}Xe)=0.38, d(^{223}Rn)=3.3, d(^{225}Ra)=-8.5,
d(^{239}Pu)=-11. We have also calculated corrections to the parity- and
time-invariance-violating (P,T-odd) spin-axis interaction constant in TlF.
These results are important for the interpretation of atomic and molecular
experiments on EDMs in terms of fundamental P,T-odd parameters.Comment: 16 page
Anomalous Neutrino Interaction, Muon g-2, and Atomic Parity Nonconservation
We propose a simple unified description of two recent precision measurements
which suggest new physics beyond the Standard Model of particle interactions,
i.e. the deviation of in deep inelastic neutrino-nucleon
scattering and that of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. Our proposal
is also consistent with a third precision measurement, i.e. that of parity
nonconservation in atomic Cesium, which agrees with the Standard Model.Comment: 9 pages, including 1 figure, latest muon g-2 information adde
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