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View SchemaEnhancement factor for the electron electric dipole moment in francium and gold atoms
| Authors | T. M. R. Byrnes, V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, D. W. Murray |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/9811044 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9811044 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3082 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 59, 3082 (1999) |
Abstract
If electrons had an electric dipole moment (EDM) they would induce EDMs of atoms. The ratio of the atomic EDM to the electron EDM for a particular atom is called the enhancement factor, R. We calculate the enhancement factor for the francium and gold atoms, with the results 910 plus/minus 5% for Fr and 260 plus/minus 15% for Au. The large values of these enhancement factors make these atoms attractive for electron EDM measurements, and hence the search for time-reversal invariance violation.
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