Enhancement factor for the electron electric dipole moment in francium and gold atoms

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作者
Byrnes, TMR [1 ]
Dzuba, VA [1 ]
Flambaum, VV [1 ]
Murray, DW [1 ]
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[1] Univ New S Wales, Sch Phys, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1999年 / 59卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.59.3082
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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If electrons had an electric dipole moment (EDM) they would induce EDM's 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 +/- similar to 5% for Fr and 260 +/- similar to 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. [S1050-2947(99)06204-6].
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