Enhancement factor for the electron electric dipole moment in francium and gold atoms

T. M. R. Byrnes, V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, and D. W. Murray
Phys. Rev. A 59, 3082 – Published 1 April 1999
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Abstract

If electrons had an electric dipole moment (EDM) they would induce EDM’s of atoms. The ratio of the atomic EDM to the electron EDM for a particular atom is called the enhancement factor R. We calculate the enhancement factor for the francium and gold atoms, with the results 910±5% for Fr and 260±15% for Au. The large values of these enhancement factors make these atoms attractive for electron EDM measurements, and hence the search for time-reversal invariance violation.

  • Received 23 November 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3082

©1999 American Physical Society

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T. M. R. Byrnes, V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, and D. W. Murray

  • School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, New South Wales, Australia

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Vol. 59, Iss. 4 — April 1999

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