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Sensitivity of the YbOH molecule to $\mathcal{P}$,$\mathcal{T}$-odd effects in the external electric field

Atomic Physics 2022-06-07 v4

Abstract

Electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) search using lasercoolable triatomics like YbOH is one of the most sensitive probes for physics beyond the Standard Model. The eEDM-induced energy shift is proportional to polarization (PP) of the molecule. Similarly to diatomics with Ω\Omega-doubling structure it was assumed that for triatomics with ll-doubling structure, related to the vibrational angular momentum, PP can easily be saturated to almost 100\% value with moderate external electric field. We developed the method for calculation of properties of triatomic molecules and applied it to calculation of PP of 174^{174}YbOH in the first excited v=1v=1 bending mode. Calculations showed that the most of the levels reach less than 50\% efficiency. We showed that this fact is related to the Hund's case bb coupling scheme of YbOH. As coupling scheme (for Ω=1/2\Omega=1/2 molecules) approaches aa (or cc) case polarization increases up to 100\% value. Results of our calculations should be used for correct extracting of eEDM value from YbOH experiment and similar calculations are required for other molecules.

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@article{arxiv.2111.02772,
  title  = {Sensitivity of the YbOH molecule to $\mathcal{P}$,$\mathcal{T}$-odd effects in the external electric field},
  author = {Alexander Petrov and Anna Zakharova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.02772},
  year   = {2022}
}