Vacuum polarization corrections to the parity nonconserving 6S - 7S transition amplitude in Cs-133

Oct, 2001
8 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 87 (2001) 233001,
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 88 (2002) 079903 (erratum)
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Abstract:
The dominant one-loop radiative corrections to atomic wave functions, those associated with vacuum polarization in the nuclear Coulomb field, are evaluated for the 6s-7s parity-nonconserving (PNC) transition amplitude in 133Cs. These corrections increase the size of the PNC amplitude by 0.4% and, correspondingly, increase the difference between the experimental value of the weak charge Q_W(133Cs) and the value predicted by the standard model.
  • electron nucleus: interaction
  • cesium
  • electron: wave function
  • radiative correction: higher-order
  • potential: Coulomb
  • vacuum polarization
  • energy levels: transition
  • amplitude analysis
  • parity: violation
  • numerical calculations: interpretation of experiments