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Phys. Rev. A 61, 062509 (2000) [10 pages]

Calculation of parity and time invariance violation in the radium atom

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V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, and J. S. M. Ginges
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

Received 14 December 1999; published 17 May 2000

Parity (P) and time (T) invariance violating effects in the Ra atom are strongly enhanced due to close states of opposite parity, the large nuclear charge Z and the collective nature of (P,T)-odd nuclear moments. We have performed calculations of the atomic electric dipole moments (EDM) produced by the electron EDM and the nuclear magnetic quadrupole and Schiff moments. We have also calculated the effects of parity nonconservation produced by the nuclear anapole moment and the weak charge. Our results show that as a rule the values of these effects are much larger than those considered so far in other atoms (enhancement is up to 105 times).

© 2000 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.61.062509
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.61.062509
PACS:
31.15.Ar, 11.30.Er