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View SchemaAtomic Parity Nonconservation: Electroweak Parameters and Nuclear Structure
| Authors | S. J. Pollock, E. N. Fortson, L. Wilets |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/9211004 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9211004 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevC.46.2587 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.C46:2587-2600,1992 |
Abstract
There have been suggestions to measure atomic parity nonconservation (PNC) along an isotopic chain, by taking ratios of observables in order to cancel complicated atomic structure effects. Precise atomic PNC measurements could make a significant contribution to tests of the Standard Model at the level of one loop radiative corrections. However, the results also depend upon certain features of nuclear structure, such as the spatial distribution of neutrons in the nucleus. To examine the sensitivity to nuclear structure, we consider the case of Pb isotopes using various recent relativistic and non-relativistic nuclear model calculations. Contributions from nucleon internal weak structure are included, but found to be fairly negligible. The spread among present models in predicted sizes of nuclear structure effects may preclude using Pb isotope ratios to test the Standard Model at better than a one percent level, unless there are adequate independent tests of the nuclear models by various alternative strong and electroweak nuclear probes. On the other hand, sufficiently accurate atomic PNC experiments would provide a unique method to measure neutron distributions in heavy nuclei.
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"abstract": "There have been suggestions to measure atomic parity nonconservation (PNC)\nalong an isotopic chain, by taking ratios of observables in order to cancel\ncomplicated atomic structure effects. Precise atomic PNC measurements could\nmake a significant contribution to tests of the Standard Model at the level of\none loop radiative corrections. However, the results also depend upon certain\nfeatures of nuclear structure, such as the spatial distribution of neutrons in\nthe nucleus. To examine the sensitivity to nuclear structure, we consider the\ncase of Pb isotopes using various recent relativistic and non-relativistic\nnuclear model calculations. Contributions from nucleon internal weak structure\nare included, but found to be fairly negligible. The spread among present\nmodels in predicted sizes of nuclear structure effects may preclude using Pb\nisotope ratios to test the Standard Model at better than a one percent level,\nunless there are adequate independent tests of the nuclear models by various\nalternative strong and electroweak nuclear probes. On the other hand,\nsufficiently accurate atomic PNC experiments would provide a unique method to\nmeasure neutron distributions in heavy nuclei.",
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