Abstract
Recent measurements in paramagnetic molecules improved the limit on the electron electric dipole moment (EDM) by an order of magnitude. Time-reversal () and parity () symmetry violation in molecules may also come from their nuclei. We point out that nuclear , -odd effects are amplified in paramagnetic molecules containing deformed nuclei, where the primary effects arise from the , -odd nuclear magnetic quadrupole moment (MQM). We perform calculations of , -odd effects in the molecules TaN, ThO, , , YbF, HgF, and BaF induced by MQMs. We compare our results with those for the diamagnetic TlF molecule, where the , -odd effects are produced by the nuclear Schiff moment. We argue that measurements in molecules with MQMs may provide improved limits on the strength of , -odd nuclear forces, on the proton, neutron, and quark EDMs, on quark chromo-EDMs, and on the QCD term and -violating quark interactions.
- Received 25 June 2014
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.103003
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