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The nuclear anapole moment interaction in BaF from relativistic coupled cluster theory

Atomic Physics 2018-09-28 v2

Abstract

We present high accuracy relativistic coupled cluster calculations of the P-odd interaction coefficient WAW_A describing the nuclear anapole moment effect on the molecular electronic structure. The molecule under study, BaF, is considered a promising candidate for the measurement of the nuclear anapole moment, and the preparation for the experiment is now underway [Altunas et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 142501 (2018)]. Influence of various computational parameters (size of the basis set, treatment of relativistic effects, and treatment of electron correlation) on the calculated WAW_A coefficient is investigated and a recommended value of 147.7 Hz with an estimated uncertainty of 1.5% is proposed.

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@article{arxiv.1808.02771,
  title  = {The nuclear anapole moment interaction in BaF from relativistic coupled cluster theory},
  author = {Yongliang Hao and Miroslav Ilias and Ephraim Eliav and Peter Schwerdtfeger and Victor V. Flambaum and Anastasia Borschevsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.02771},
  year   = {2018}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables, minor changes, the published version