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Nuclear anapole moments are parity-odd, time-reversal-even E1 moments of the electromagnetic current operator. Although the existence of this moment was recognized theoretically soon after the discovery of parity nonconservation (PNC), its…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 W. C. Haxton , C. P. Liu , M. J. Ramsey-Musolf

Hadronic parity violation concerns the study of the interplay of the weak- and strong-interaction dynamics that yields low energy, parity-violating observables in systems of hadrons and nuclei. We explain its essential features, as well as…

High precision measurements of the parity-violating asymmetry in polarized electron scattering from nuclei can be used to extract information on nuclear and nucleon structure or to determine Standard Model couplings and higher-order…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-04-15 O. Moreno , T. W. Donnelly

We discuss the present state of the theory of nuclear anapole moments.

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 V. F. Dmitriev , I. B. Khriplovich

Parity violating electron nucleus scattering is a clean and powerful tool for measuring the spatial distributions of neutrons in nuclei with unprecedented accuracy. Parity violation arises from the interference of electromagnetic and weak…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 C. J. Horowitz , S. J. Pollock , P. A. Souder , R. Michaels

Different approaches to the calculation of neutrino-nucleus cross sections are summarized. Potential impact of improving the nuclear physics input into neutrino interactions and cross section calculations on uncovering new physics is…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2018-05-09 A. B. Balantekin

We show that the present experimental limits on electron-nucleon interactions that violate both parity and time reversal invariance provide new stringent bounds on the imaginary parts of some of the products of the R-parity violating…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Peter Herczeg

Parity violating electron nucleus scattering is a clean and powerful tool for measuring the spatial distributions of neutrons in nuclei with unprecedented accuracy. Parity violation arises from the interference of electromagnetic and weak…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 C. J. Horowitz

We review the current status of the study of parity and time invariance violation in atoms, nuclei and molecules. We focus on parity non-conservation in cesium and three of the most promising areas of research: (i) parity non-conservation…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 V. A. Dzuba , V. V. Flambaum

I discuss the prospects for future studies of parity-violating (PV) interactions at low energies and the insights they might provide about open questions in the Standard Model as well as physics that lies beyond it. I cover four types of…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Michael J. Ramsey-Musolf

Studying the violation of parity and time-reversal invariance in atomic systems has proven to be a very effective means for testing the electroweak theory at low energy and searching for physics beyond it. Recent developments in both atomic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-11 B. M. Roberts , V. A. Dzuba , V. V. Flambaum

The existence of a nuclear electric octupole moment (EOM) requires both parity and time invariance violation. The EOMs of odd $Z$ nuclei that are induced by a particular T- and P-odd interaction are calculated. We compare such octupole…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 V. V. Flambaum , D. W. Murray , S. R. Orton

Valuable information on interactions violating $P$- and $T$-invariance can be extracted from atomic experiments. The hypothesis of a large weak matrix element between single-particle states in heavy nuclei, $\sim 100$ eV, is ruled out by…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 I. B. Khriplovich

Parity violation in the $(n,\alpha)$ reactions on $^6$Li and $^{10}$B nuclei and in the $\gamma$-transition between two lowest levels of $^7$Li nucleus is discussed. It appears that the effects (neutral currents contribution in particular)…

Nuclear spin-dependent parity violation (NSD-PV) effects in atoms and molecules arise from $Z^0$ boson exchange between electrons and the nucleus, and from the magnetic interaction between electrons and the parity-violating nuclear anapole…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-04-06 Emine Altuntas , Jeffrey Ammon , Sidney B. Cahn , David DeMille

The general expressions for parity violation observables in elastic scattering of polarized and/or unpolarized electrons from unpolarized deuterons are given and are numerically evaluated for the kinematics of SAMPLE, PVA4 and G0…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2015-05-13 S. Ahmad , S. K. Singh , H. Arenhoevel

The measurement of parity violation in the helicity dependence of electron-nucleon scattering provides unique information about the basic quark structure of the nucleons. In this review, the general formalism of parity-violating electron…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 D. H. Beck , R. D. McKeown

A remarkably successful program of parity-violating electron scattering experiments is providing new insight into the structure of the nucleon. Measurement of the vector form factors enables a definitive study of potential strange…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 R. D. McKeown , M. J. Ramsey-Musolf

I present the calculation of parity- and time-reversal-violating moments of the nucleon and light nuclei, originating from the QCD theta term and effective dimension-six operators. By applying chiral effective field theory these…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-03-26 J. de Vries

Parity violation in low-energy nuclear observables is included in the pionless effective field theory. The model-independent relation between the parity-violating asymmetry in polarized np -> d gamma and the non-nucleon part of the deuteron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Martin J. Savage