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Parity nonconservation in electron recombination of multiply charged ions

Atomic Physics 2009-09-01 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We discuss a parity nonconserving asymmetry in the cross section of KLL dielectronic recombination of polarized electrons on the hydrogen-like ions with Z60Z \lesssim 60. This effect is strongly enhanced because of the near-degeneracy of doubly-excited 2l2l2l2l' states of opposite parity in He-like ions. For ions with Z30Z \sim 30 the asymmetry is of the order of 10910^{-9}. For Z48Z \approx 48 a level crossing takes place, leading to the PNC asymmetry of ±5×109\pm 5\times 10^{-9}, which is 10810^8 times greater than the basic strength of the weak interaction in atoms.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0504129,
  title  = {Parity nonconservation in electron recombination of multiply charged ions},
  author = {G. F. Gribakin and F. J. Currell and M. G. Kozlov and A. I. Mikhailov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0504129},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

11 pages, 5 figures; v.2: sign errors in Eqs.(29-32,38) corrected, figs.4,5 and related discussion changed