Photon-photon polarization correlations as a tool for studying parity nonconservation in heliumlike uranium

Due to electron-nucleus weak interaction, atomic bound states with different parities turn out to be mixed. We discuss a prospective method for measuring the mixing parameter between the nearly degenerate metastable states 1s1/22s1/2:J=0 and 1s1/22p1/2:J=0 in heliumlike uranium. Our analysis is base...

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Main Authors: Fratini, Filippo (Author) , Trotsenko, Sergiy (Author) , Tashenov, Stanislav (Author) , Stöhlker, Thomas (Author) , Surzhykov, Andrey (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 13 May 2011
In: Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics
Year: 2011, Volume: 83, Issue: 5, Pages: 1-6
ISSN:1094-1622
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.83.052505
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Author Notes:Filippo Fratini, Sergiy Trotsenko, Stanislav Tashenov, Thomas Stöhlker, and Andrey Surzhykov
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Summary:Due to electron-nucleus weak interaction, atomic bound states with different parities turn out to be mixed. We discuss a prospective method for measuring the mixing parameter between the nearly degenerate metastable states 1s1/22s1/2:J=0 and 1s1/22p1/2:J=0 in heliumlike uranium. Our analysis is based on the polarization properties of the photons emitted in the two-photon decays of such states.
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ISSN:1094-1622
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.83.052505