2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/161068We have measured the strongly suppressed electric tensor polarizability of the Cs ground state using an optical pump-probe technique in a thermal atomic beam. The result agrees with a previous measurement and confirms the long-standing discrepancy with a theoretical value. The anticipated future reduction of the total uncertainty to the 1% level makes this quantity a valuable test for atomic structure calculations involving short-range inner-atomic interactions.4 pages, 2 figuresAtomic Physicstext