Rare Isotopes and Fundamental Symmetries: Proceedings of the Fourth Argonne/Int/msu/jina Frib Theory Workshop

by Brown, B. Alex; Engel, Jonathan; Haxton, Wick; Ramsey-Musolf, Michael; Romalis, Michael

• ISBN13: 9789814271721
• ISBN10: 9814271721
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-30
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

This book presents contributions from the Workshop on Rare Isotopes and Fundamental Symmetries, which was held on September 19-22, 2007, at the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington. The book is the fourth in a series dedicated to exploring the science important to the proposed Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB). The topics covered by the contributions include Fermi beta decay, electron-neutrino correlations in nuclear beta decay: precision mass measurements, atomic parity violation, electric dipole moments, and hadronic parity violation and anapole moments. These topics highlight the recent work on the use of nuclei to understand the fundamental symmetries of nature. It presents current results as well as proposals for future experiments.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	p. v
Preface
Experiments Searching for New Interactions in Nuclear Beta Decay	p. 1
The Beta-Neutrino Correlation in Sodium-21 and Other Nuclei	p. 11
Nuclear Structure and Fundamental Symmetries	p. 21
Schiff Moments and Nuclear Structure	p. 31
Superallowed Nuclear Beta Decay: Recent Results and Their Impact on Vud	p. 41
New Calculation of the Isospin-Symmetry Breaking Correlation to Superallowed Fermi Beta Decay	p. 51
Precise Measurement of the 3H to 3He Mass Difference	p. 60
Limits on Scalar Currents from the 0+ to 0+ Decay of 32Ar and Isospin Breaking in 33Cl and 32Cl	p. 67
Nuclear Constraints on the Weak Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction	p. 75
Atomic PNC Theory: Current Status and Future Prospects	p. 80
Parity-Violating Nucleon-Nucleon Interactions: What Can We Learn from Nuclear Anapole Moments?	p. 96
Proposed Experiment for the Measurement of the Anapole Moment In Francium	p. 106
The Radon-EDM Experiment	p. 116
The Lead Radius Experiment (PREX) and Parity Violating Measurements of Neutron Densities	p. 126
Nuclear Structure Aspects of Schiff Moment and Search for Collective Enhancements	p. 135
The Interpretation of Atomic Electric Dipole Moments: Schiff Theorem and its Corrections	p. 150
T-Violation and the Search for a Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of the Mercury Atom	p. 160
The New Concept for FRIB and its Potential for Fundamental Interactions Studies	p. 170
Collinear Laser Spectroscopy and Polarized Exotic Nuclei at NSCL	p. 180
Environmental Dependence of Masses and Coupling Constants	p. 190
Workshop Program	p. 201
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