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Linear Stark Shifts to Measure the Fr Weak Nuclear Charge with Small Atom Samples

Atomic Physics 2013-05-29 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study the chirality of ground-state alkali atoms in E and B fields, dressed with a circularly-polarized laser beam close-detuned from an E-field-assisted forbidden transition, such as 7S-8S in Fr. We predict a parity violating energy shift of their sublevels, linear in E, and the weak nuclear charge Q_W.Adressingbeamof10kW/cm. A dressing beam of 10 kW/cm^2at506nmproducesashiftof at 506 nm produces a shift of \sim100 \muHzatE=100V/cm,BHz at E=100 V/cm, B \gtrsim30mG.Itshouldbeobservablewith30 mG. It should be observable with \sim 10^4Fratomsconfinedinanopticaldipoletrap.Wediscussoptimalconditions,parameterreversalsandacalibrationproceduretomeasure Fr atoms confined in an optical dipole trap. We discuss optimal conditions, parameter reversals and a calibration procedure to measure Q_W$.

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@article{arxiv.0711.0337,
  title  = {Linear Stark Shifts to Measure the Fr Weak Nuclear Charge with Small Atom Samples},
  author = {Marie-Anne Bouchiat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.0337},
  year   = {2013}
}

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