Towards improved measurements of parity violation in atomic ytterbium

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• 作者：D. Antypas ; A. Fabricant ; L. Bougas ; K. Tsigutkin ; D. Budker
• 关键词：Weak interaction ; Nuclear structure ; Atomic spectroscopy ; Atomic beam
• 刊名：Hyperfine Interactions
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：November 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：238
• 期：1
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• 刊物类别：Physics and Astronomy
• 刊物主题：Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：1572-9540
• 卷排序：238

文摘

We report on progress towards performing precision measurements of parity violation in Yb, in which the theoretical prediction for a strong weak-interaction-induced effect in the 6s2 1S₀→ 5d6s3D₁ optical transition at 408 nm has already been confirmed, with a measurement of the effect at the ≈10 % level of accuracy. With a new atomic-beam apparatus offering enhanced sensitivity, we are aiming at precisely determining the parity violation observable in Yb, which will allow us to probe the distributions of neutrons in different isotopes, investigate physics beyond the Standard Model, as well as to study intra-nucleus weak interactions, through an observation of the anapole moment of Yb nuclei with nonzero spin. We present the experimental principle employed to probe atomic parity violation, describe our new apparatus, and discuss the attained experimental sensitivity as well as the methods for characterizing systematics in these measurements.