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Electronic structure of the ytterbium monohydroxide molecule to search for axionlike particles
Nicholas R. HutzlerD. E. MaisonD. E. MaisonLeonid V. SkripnikovLeonid V. SkripnikovVictor V. FlambaumVictor V. Flambaumsubject
High Energy Physics - TheoryChemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)PhysicsCoupling constantYtterbiumAtomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)High Energy Physics::PhenomenologyFOS: Physical scienceschemistry.chemical_elementParity (physics)ElectronElectronic structure01 natural sciencesElectron electric dipole momentPhysics - Atomic Physics010305 fluids & plasmasHigh Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)chemistryPhysics - Chemical Physics0103 physical sciencesMoleculeAtomic physics010306 general physicsAxiondescription
Recently, the YbOH molecule has been suggested as a candidate to search for the electron electric dipole moment (eEDM), which violates spatial parity ($P$) and time-reversal ($T$) symmetries [I. Kozyryev and N. R. Hutzler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 133002 (2017)]. In the present paper, we show that the same system can be used to measure coupling constants of the interaction of electrons and nucleus mediated by axionlike particles. The electron-nucleus interaction produced by the axion exchange can contribute to a $T,P$-violating EDM of the whole molecular system. We express the corresponding $T,P$-violating energy shift produced by this effect in terms of the axion mass and product of the axion-nucleus and axion-electron coupling constants.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2021-02-11 |