ATOMIC PARITY VIOLATION MEASUREMENTS IN THE HIGHLY FORBIDDEN (6)S(1/2) - (7)S(1/2) CESIUM TRANSITION. 3. DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING. RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS

Bouchiat, M.A. ; Guena, J. ; Pottier, L. ; et al.
J.Phys.(France) 47 (1986) 1709-1730, 1986.
Inspire Record 232798 DOI 10.17182/hepdata.38588

This paper completes the detailed presentation of our PV experiment on the 6S1/2 - 7S1/2 transition in Cs. A detailed description of the data acquisition and processing is given. The results of two independent measurements made on ΔF = 0 and ΔF =1 hfs components agree, providing an important cross-check. After a complete reanalysis of systematics and calibration, the precision is slightly improved, leading to the weighted average Im Epv 1/β = - 1.52 ± 0.18 mV/cm. Later results from an independent group agree quite well. With the semi-empirical value β = (26.8 ± 0.8) a30, our result yields Epv1 = (- 0.79 ± 0.10) x 10-11 i |e|a0. Coupled with the atomic calculations, this implies that the weak nuclear charge of Cs is Qw = -68 ± 9. This value agrees with the standard electroweak theory and leads to a weak interaction angle sin2 θ W = 0.21 ± 0.04. The complementarity of these measurements with high energy experiments is illustrated.

3 data tables

Revision of the earlier experiment PL 117B, 358. (7s)2S1/2:F=4 --> (6s)2S1/2:F=4 transition.

Revision of the earlier experiment PL 134B, 463. (7s)2S1/2:F=3 --> (6s)2S1/2:F=4 transition.

Combined of the two above measurements following the philosophy: quadratic sum of the statistical and systematic uncertainties and weighting each result by the squared reciprocal of that uncertainty. (7s)2S1/2 --> (6s)2S1/2 transitions.