0<sup>+</sup>-0<sup>-</sup> Crossings in Electric Fields—A Possibility for Detecting Parity Violation in Helium
G. V. Oppen; G. V. Oppen; Institut für Strahlungs und Kernphysik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, D-1000 Berlin 12, Germany
Журнал:
EPL (Europhysics Letters)
Дата:
1990-01-01
Аннотация:
Level crossings of Stark substates with m = 0 differing in reflection parity are considered with respect to the detection of parity violation in atomic physics. An interesting example of a 0<sup>+</sup>-0<sup>-</sup> crossing occurs in the electric-field splitting of the 1s 3d levels of <sup>4</sup>He I at 80 kV/cm. Experiments are proposed allowing the detection of parity violation by studying the radiative decay of the 0<sup>-</sup> state into singlet levels. By observing circularly polarized light, constructive and destructive interference between transitions induced by weak interactions and by an external magnetic field can be observed at the 0<sup>+</sup>-0<sup>-</sup> crossing.
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