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Atomic parity non-conservation: the francium anapole project of the FrPNC collaboration at TRIUMF

Creators

  • 1. College of William and Mary, Dept. Physics (United States)
  • 2. TRIUMF (Canada)
  • 3. University of Manitoba, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy (Canada)
  • 4. University of New South Wales, School of Physics (Australia)
  • 5. Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, Instituto de Fisica (Mexico)
  • 6. Texas A and M University, Cyclotron Institute (United States)
  • 7. University of Maryland, JQI, Dept. of Physics, and NIST (United States)
  • 8. Princeton University (United States)
  • 9. Stony Brook University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy (United States)
  • 10. Shanxi University, State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices (China)

Description

We present a method for measuring the nuclear anapole in a string of francium isotopes. The anapole is a parity non-conserving electromagnetic moment that enables parity-forbidden transitions between ground state hyperfine levels of an atom. The experiment is run by the FrPNC collaboration and relies on a beam of artificially-produced francium from the ISAC facility at TRIUMF.

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1007/s10751-013-0797-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Hyperfine Interactions
Journal Volume
214
Journal Issue
1-3
Journal Page Range
p. 163-171
ISSN
0304-3843
CODEN
HYINDN

Conference

Title
5. international symposium on symmetries in subatomic physics
Acronym
SSP 2012
Dates
18-22 Jun 2012
Place
Groningen (Netherlands)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44058320
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ATOMIC BEAMS; FRANCIUM; FRANCIUM ISOTOPES; GROUND STATES; P INVARIANCE; PARITY; TRIUMF CYCLOTRON
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ALKALI METALS; BEAMS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; CYCLOTRONS; ELEMENTS; ENERGY LEVELS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; ISOCHRONOUS CYCLOTRONS; ISOTOPES; METALS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES

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