1301.6947 (G. E. Katsoprinakis et al.)

Calculation of parity non-conserving optical rotation in iodine at 1315
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G. E. Katsoprinakis, L. Bougas, T. P. Rakitzis, V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum

We examine the feasibility of a parity non-conserving (PNC) optical rotation experiment for the $^2$P$_{3/2}\rightarrow ^2$P$_{1/2}$ transition of atomic iodine at 1315 nm. The calculated $E1_{\rm PNC}$ to $M1$ amplitude ratio is $R=0.80(16)\times 10^{-8}$. We show that PNC rotations greater than 1 $\mu$rad are obtained for iodine-atom column densities of $\sim 10^{22}$ cm$^{-2}$, which can be produced by increasing the effective interaction pathlength by a factor of $\sim 10^4$ with a high-finesse optical cavity. The simulated signals also indicate that measurement of the nuclear anapole moment is feasible.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.6947