Combined effect of coherent Z exchange and the hyperfine interaction in the atomic parity-nonconserving interaction

W. R. Johnson, M. S. Safronova, and U. I. Safronova
Phys. Rev. A 67, 062106 – Published 24 June 2003
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Abstract

The nuclear spin-dependent parity-nonconserving (PNC) interaction arising from a combination of the hyperfine interaction and the coherent, spin-independent, PNC interaction from Z exchange is evaluated using many-body perturbation theory. For the 6s1/27s1/2 transition in 133Cs, we obtain a result that is about 40% smaller than that found previously by Bouchiat and Piketty [Phys. Lett. B 269, 195 (1991)]. Applying this result to 133Cs leads to an increase in the experimental value of nuclear anapole moment and exacerbates differences between constraints on PNC meson coupling constants obtained from the Cs anapole moment and those obtained from other nuclear parity violating experiments. Nuclear spin-dependent PNC dipole matrix elements, including contributions from the combined weak-hyperfine interaction, are also given for the 7s1/28s1/2 transition in 211Fr and for transitions between ground-state hyperfine levels in K, Rb, Cs, Ba+, Au, Tl, Fr, and Ra+.

  • Received 5 March 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.062106

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

W. R. Johnson*

  • Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
  • Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA

M. S. Safronova

  • Electron and Optical Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA

U. I. Safronova

  • Department of Physics, 225 Nieuwland Science Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA

  • *Electronic address: johnson@nd.edu; URL: http://www.nd.edu/∼johnson
  • Electronic address: msafrono@nd.edu
  • Electronic address: usafrono@nd.edu

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Vol. 67, Iss. 6 — June 2003

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