Relativistic Coupled Cluster (RCC) Computation of the Electric Dipole Moment Enhancement Factor of Francium Due to the Violation of Time Reversal Symmetry

Debashis Mukherjee*, B. K. Sahoo, H. S. Nataraj, B. P. Das

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    Abstract

    A relativistic many-body theory for the electric dipole moment (EDM) of paramagnetic atoms arising from the electric dipole moment of the electron is presented and implemented. The relativistic coupled-cluster method with single and double excitations (RCCSD) using the Dirac-Coulomb Hamiltonian and a weak parity and time reversal violating interaction to the first-order of perturbation has been employed to obtain the EDM enhancement factor for the ground state of the Fr atom due to the intrinsic EDM of the electron. The trends of different correlation effects and the leading contributions from different physical states are discussed. Our results in combination with that of the Fr EDM experiment that is currently in progress possess the potential to probe the validity of the standard model (SM) of elementary particle physics.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)12549-12557
    Number of pages9
    JournalThe Journal of Physical Chemistry A
    Volume113
    Issue number45
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 12-Nov-2009

    Keywords

    • BASIS-SET CALCULATIONS
    • PARITY VIOLATION
    • WEAK INTERACTIONS
    • CP VIOLATION
    • ATOMS
    • SEARCH
    • LIMIT
    • CHIRALITY
    • MOLECULE
    • PHYSICS

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