Polarizabilities as probes for P, T, and PT violation

Searches for violations of the fundamental symmetries of parity P and time reversal T in atomic and molecular systems provide a powerful tool for precise measurements of the physics of and beyond the standard model. In this work, we investigate how these symmetry violations affect the response of at...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Lahs, Daniel Comparat
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad985a
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description Searches for violations of the fundamental symmetries of parity P and time reversal T in atomic and molecular systems provide a powerful tool for precise measurements of the physics of and beyond the standard model. In this work, we investigate how these symmetry violations affect the response of atoms and molecules to applied electric and magnetic fields. We recover well-known observables such as the P -odd, T -odd spin-electric field coupling that is used for searches of the electron electric dipole moment or the effect of P -odd, T -even optical rotation in atomic gases. Besides these, we obtain several other possible observables. This includes, in particular, effects that can only be seen when using oscillating or inhomogeneous fields.
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spelling doaj-art-18c79d17e5d542edaeb1ca685dd124ce2025-08-20T02:39:24ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302024-01-01261212500110.1088/1367-2630/ad985aPolarizabilities as probes for P, T, and PT violationSebastian Lahs0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1041-5920Daniel Comparat1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5884-2882Université Paris-Saclay , CNRS, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton,91405 Orsay, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay , CNRS, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton,91405 Orsay, FranceSearches for violations of the fundamental symmetries of parity P and time reversal T in atomic and molecular systems provide a powerful tool for precise measurements of the physics of and beyond the standard model. In this work, we investigate how these symmetry violations affect the response of atoms and molecules to applied electric and magnetic fields. We recover well-known observables such as the P -odd, T -odd spin-electric field coupling that is used for searches of the electron electric dipole moment or the effect of P -odd, T -even optical rotation in atomic gases. Besides these, we obtain several other possible observables. This includes, in particular, effects that can only be seen when using oscillating or inhomogeneous fields.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad985apolarizabilitiesCP-violationEDMparitytime reversalsymmetry
spellingShingle Sebastian Lahs
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Polarizabilities as probes for P, T, and PT violation
New Journal of Physics
polarizabilities
CP-violation
EDM
parity
time reversal
symmetry
title Polarizabilities as probes for P, T, and PT violation
title_full Polarizabilities as probes for P, T, and PT violation
title_fullStr Polarizabilities as probes for P, T, and PT violation
title_full_unstemmed Polarizabilities as probes for P, T, and PT violation
title_short Polarizabilities as probes for P, T, and PT violation
title_sort polarizabilities as probes for p t and pt violation
topic polarizabilities
CP-violation
EDM
parity
time reversal
symmetry
url https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad985a
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