Many-body calculations of parity nonconservation in cesium

Conference · Thu Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)

OSTI ID:6916160

Blundell, S A ^[1]

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1. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 (USA)

We review the atomic structure calculations necessary to interpret measurements of parity nonconservation (PNC) in cesium in terms of fundamental electron-quark couplings. The {ital P}-odd {ital T}-even interactions in atoms are summarized, and the general forms of the associated effective Hamiltonians are derived. We give a detailed review of the calculations which employ many-body perturbation theory (MBPT), which at present are among the most sophisticated; we discuss the likely theoretical uncertainty in this approach. An indication is given of the present level of agreement with the standard model, and we outline possibilities for future improvements in the atomic structure theory.

• OSTI ID: 6916160
• Report Number(s): CONF-8807162--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Journal Volume: 189:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ALKALI METALS
AMPLITUDES
BOSONS
CESIUM
CORRECTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LEVELS
ERRORS
HYPERFINE STRUCTURE
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
MANY-BODY PROBLEM
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METALS
P INVARIANCE
PARTICLE MODELS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PHOTONS
RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS
SCATTERING AMPLITUDES
STANDARD MODEL
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Z NEUTRAL BOSONS