Regular mechanism of parity and time invariance nonconserving effects enhancement in neutron capture and scattering near p-wave compound resonances

V. V. Flambaum
Phys. Rev. C 45, 437 – Published 1 January 1992
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Abstract

Recent measurements of parity nonconserving (PNC) effects in U238 and Th232 contradict the results of random matrix theory for nuclear compound states. In this work the value of the PNC effect is expressed in terms of a wave function at the nuclear surface where the wave function of the compound state is not ‘‘random’’ due to boundary conditions. A mechanism is suggested which can explain the permanent sign and large value of these effects. The correlations between compound-state components are considered. The T- and P-odd effects can be expressed in terms of observed P-odd effects. The ‘‘dynamical enhancement’’ of small interactions in other reactions and other systems is also discussed.

  • Received 20 August 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.45.437

©1992 American Physical Society

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V. V. Flambaum

  • Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80309
  • Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk 630090, U.S.S.R.

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Vol. 45, Iss. 1 — January 1992

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