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Revisiting parity non-conservation in cesium

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2013-05-14 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We apply the sum-over-states approach to calculate partial contributions to the parity non-conservation (PNC) in cesium [Porsev {\em et al}, Phys. Rev. D {\bf 82}, 036008 (2010)]. We have found significant corrections to two non-dominating terms coming from the contribution of the core and highly excited states (n>9n>9, the so called {\em tail}). When these differences are taken into account the result of Porsev {\em et al}, EPNC=0.8906(24)×1011i(QW/N)E_{\rm PNC} = 0.8906\,(24) \times 10^{-11}i(-Q_W/N) changes to 0.8977(40)0.8977\,(40), coming into good agreement with our previous calculations, 0.8980(45)0.8980\,(45). The interpretation of the PNC measurements in cesium still indicates reasonable agreement with the standard model (1.5σ1.5\,\sigma), however gives new constraints on physics beyond it.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1207.5864,
  title  = {Revisiting parity non-conservation in cesium},
  author = {V. A. Dzuba and J. C. Berengut and V. V. Flambaum and B. Roberts},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.5864},
  year   = {2013}
}

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5 pages, 4 tables

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