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A Microscopic T-Violating Optical Potential: Implications for Neutron-Transmission Experiments

Nuclear Theory 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We derive a T-violating P-conserving optical potential for neutron-nucleus scattering, starting from a uniquely determined two-body ρ\rho-exchange interaction with the same symmetry. We then obtain limits on the T-violating ρ\rho-nucleon coupling gρ\overline{g}_{\rho} from neutron-transmission experiments in 165^{165}Ho. The limits may soon compete with those from measurements of atomic electric-dipole moments.

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@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9408003,
  title  = {A Microscopic T-Violating Optical Potential: Implications for Neutron-Transmission Experiments},
  author = {J. Engel and C. R. Gould and V. Hnizdo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9408003},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 2 uuencoded figures in separate files (replaces version sent earlier in the day with figures attached), in RevTeX 3, submitted to PRL