Reconciliation of the Measurement of Parity Nonconservation in Cs with the Standard Model

A. Derevianko
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1618 – Published 21 August 2000
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Abstract

Contributions from the Breit interaction in atomic structure calculations account for 1.3σ of the previously reported 2.5σ deviation from the standard model in the 133Cs weak charge [S. C. Bennett and C. E. Wieman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 2484 (1999)]. The updated corrections for the neutron distribution reduce the discrepancy further to 1.0σ. The updated value of the weak charge is QW(133Cs)=72.65(28)expt(34)theor.

  • Received 29 November 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1618

©2000 American Physical Society

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A. Derevianko

  • Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

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Vol. 85, Iss. 8 — 21 August 2000

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