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Semi-Hadronic Charge-Parity Violation Interaction Constants in CsAg, FrLi and FrAg molecules

Atomic Physics 2024-10-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Quantum Physics

Abstract

We present a systematic study of the nucleon-electron tensor-pseudotensor (Ne-TPT) interaction in candidate molecules for next-generation experimental searches for new sources of charge-parity violation. The considered molecules are all amenable to assembly from laser-cooled atoms, with the francium-silver (FrAg) molecule previously shown to be the most sensitive to the Schiff moment interaction in this set. Interelectron correlation effects are treated through relativistic general-excitation-rank configuration-interaction theory in the framework of the Dirac-Coulomb Hamiltonian. We find in FrAg the Ne-TPT interaction constant to be WT(Fr)=2.58±0.21[<Σ>AkHz]W_T({\text{Fr}}) = 2.58 \pm 0.21 [\left<\Sigma\right>_A \mathrm{kHz}], considering the Francium atom as target of the measurement. Taking into account nuclear structure in a multi-source interpretation of a measured electric dipole moment, FrAg is found to be an excellent probe of physics beyond the Standard Model as this system will in addition to its sizeable Ne-TPT interaction constant greatly constrain fundamental parameters such as the quantum-chromo-dynamic θˉ\bar{\theta} or the semileptonic four-fermion interaction ClequC_{lequ} from which nuclear and atomic CP{\cal{CP}}-violating properties arise.

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@article{arxiv.2410.13670,
  title  = {Semi-Hadronic Charge-Parity Violation Interaction Constants in CsAg, FrLi and FrAg molecules},
  author = {Aurélien Marc and Timo Fleig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.13670},
  year   = {2024}
}

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