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Implications of W-boson mass anomaly for atomic parity violation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2022-05-05 v3 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We consider the implication of the recent measurement of the W-boson mass MWM_W [Science 376, 170 (2022)] for atomic parity violation experiments. We show that the change in MWM_W shifts the Standard Model prediction for the 133{}^{133}Cs nuclear weak charge to QW(133Cs)=72.85(6)Q_W({}^{133}{\rm Cs})=-72.85(6), i.e. by 5.5σ5.5\sigma from its current value. This brings existing experimental result for QW(133Cs)Q_W({}^{133}{\rm Cs}) into an essential agreement with the Standard Model. Using our revised value for QW(133Cs)Q_W({}^{133}{\rm Cs}), we readjust constraints on physics beyond the Standard Model.

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@article{arxiv.2204.11991,
  title  = {Implications of W-boson mass anomaly for atomic parity violation},
  author = {H. B. Tran Tan and A. Derevianko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.11991},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

5 pages, 1 figure. v2: typo corrected, additional references added. v3: additional references added