Pump-probe measurement of atomic parity violation in caesium with a precision of 2.6%

dc.creatorLintz, Michel
dc.creatorGuéna, Jocelyne
dc.creatorBouchiat, Marie-Anne
dc.date2006-10-06
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dc.descriptionWe present the atomic parity violation measurements made in Cs vapour using a pump-probe scheme. After pulsed excitation of the 6S-7S forbidden transition in the presence of a longitudinal electric field, a laser beam resonant with one of the 7S-6P transitions stimulates the 7S atom emission for a duration of 20 ns. The polarisation of the amplified probe beam is analysed. A seven-fold signature allows discrimination of the parity violating linear dichroism, and real-time calibration by a similar, known, parity conserving linear dichroism. The zero-field linear dichroism signal due to the magnetic dipole transition moment is observed for the first time, and used for in-situ determination of the electric field. The result, ImE1^{pv}= (-808+/- 21) 10^{-14} ea\_{0}, is in perfect agreement with the corresponding, more precise measurement obtained by the Boulder group. A transverse field configuration with large probe amplification could bring atomic parity violation measurements to the 0.1% accuracy level.
dc.description"conference PAVI 06, Milos, Greece, May 2006"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0610035
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0610035
dc.identifierEuropean Physical Journal A 32, 4 (25/07/2007) 525-529
dc.identifierdoi:10.1140/epja/i2006-10433-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/134969
dc.subjectAtomic Physics
dc.subjectGeneral Physics
dc.titlePump-probe measurement of atomic parity violation in caesium with a precision of 2.6%
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