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Effects of confinement on the permanent electric-dipole moment of Xe atoms in liquid Xe

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557 (United States)
Searches for permanent electric-dipole moments (EDM) of atoms provide important constraints on competing extensions to the standard model of elementary particles. Recently proposed experiment with liquid {sup 129}Xe [M.V. Romalis and M.P. Ledbetter, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 067601 (2001)] may significantly improve present limits on the EDMs. To interpret experimental data in terms of CP-violating sources, one must relate measured atomic EDM to various model interactions via electronic-structure calculations. Here we study density dependence of atomic EDMs. The analysis is carried out in the framework of the cell model of the liquid coupled with relativistic atomic-structure calculations. We find that compared to an isolated atom, the EDM of an atom of liquid Xe is suppressed by about 40%.
OSTI ID:
20641076
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 69; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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