1. Parity violation in atoms, test of unification theories and neutron skin problem Victor Flambaum Co-authors: I.Khriplovich, O.Sushkov, V.Dzuba, P.Silvestrov, J.Ginges, M.Kuchiev, M.Kozlov, A.Brown, A.Derevianko

2. Overview Atoms as probes of fundamental interactions atomic parity violation (APV) - nuclear weak charge - nuclear anapole moment atomic electric dipole moments (EDMs) Enhancement in molecules High-precision atomic many-body calculations QED radiative corrections : radiative potential and low –energy theorem for electromagnetic amplitudes Cesium APV, test of Standard model EDM, test of Time reversal and CP violation theories 1000 times enhancement: Radium EDM and APV

3. Test of unification theories Parity Violation (PV) in atoms - nuclear weak charge –test of Standard Model and beyond - nuclear anapole moment Time reversal violation (T), atomic electric dipole moments (EDM) - test of CP violation theories Enhancement in molecules Neutron skin effect Octupole deformation and enhancement in heavy atoms: Radium, Francium and Radon EDM and PV High-precision atomic many-body calculations

4. Atomic parity violation Dominated by Z-boson exchange between electrons and nucleons Z ee nn In atom with Z electrons and N neutrons obtain effective Hamiltonian parameterized by “nuclear weak charge” Q W Standard model tree-level couplings: PV amplitude E PV  Z 3 [Bouchiat,Bouchiat] Discovered in 1978 Bi; Tl, Pb, Cs –accuracy 0.4-1% Our calculations in 1975-1989 Bi 11%,Pb 8%,Tl 3%,Cs1%

5. Cs: new accurate measurements of E1 amplitudes agree with calculations to 0.1-0.3% -theoretical accuracy in PV is 0.4% (instead of 1%) Bennet, Wieman 1999 New physics beyond Standard Model !?

6. High-precision atomic calculations APV Atomic EDM H PV is due to electron-nucleon P-odd interactions and nuclear anapole, H PT is due to nucleon-nucleon, electron-nucleon PT-odd interactions, electron, proton or neutron EDM. Atomic wave functions need to be good at all distances! We check the quality of our wave functions by calculating: - hyperfine structure constants and isotope shift - energies - E1 transition amplitudes and comparing to measured values. Also, estimates of higher order diagrams.

7. Ab initio methods of atomic calculations N ve MethodAccuracy 0Rel. Hartree-Fock+RPA~ 10% 1RHF+MBPT All-orders sums0.1-1% 2-8RHF+MBPT+CI1-10% 2-15Configuration interaction10-20% N ve - number of valence electrons These methods cover all periodic table of elements

8. Improved many-body calculations PNC E(6s-7s) in 133 Cs [ 10 -11 iea B (- Q W /N) ] E PNC = 0.908 (10) (Dzuba, Flambaum, Sushkov 1989) E PNC = 0.904(5) (Dzuba, Flambaum, Ginges, 2002) Calculations in Cs analogues Ba+ Fr, Ra+ PNC effects 20 times larger

9. PNC in Cs Best measurement for cesium [Boulder ‘97] Atomic theory required for determination of Q W E1 7S 1/2 6S 1/2

10. Tightly constrains possible new physics, e.g. mass of extra Z boson M Z’  750 GeV. Porsev, Derevianko 2009 Accuracy 0.27% M Z’  1.3 TeV. 7S New calculations Dzuba,Flambaum,Ginges, 2002 E PV = -0.897(1  0.5%)  10 -11 iea B (-Q W /N)  Q W  Q W SM  1.1  E PV includes -0.8% shift due to strong-field QED self-energy / vertex corrections to weak matrix elements W sp [Kuchiev,Flambaum; Milstein,Sushkov,Terekhov] A complete calculation of QED corrections to PV amplitude includes also QED corrections to energy levels and E1 amplitudes [Flambaum,Ginges; Shabaev,Pachuki,Tupitsyn,Yerokhin]

11. PV : Chain of isotopes Dzuba, Flambaum, Khriplovich Rare-earth atoms: close opposite parity levels-enhancement Many stable isotopes Ratio of PV effects gives ratio of weak charges. Uncertainty in atomic calculations cancels out. Experiments: Berkeley: Dy and Yb; Oxford: Sm. Ra,Ra +,Fr Argonne, Groningen,TRIUMF? Test of Standard model or neutron distribution

12. PV : Chain of isotopes Dzuba, Flambaum, Khriplovich 1986 Rare-earth atoms: close opposite parity levels-enhancement Many stable isotopes Ratio of PV effects gives ratio of weak charges. Uncertainty in atomic calculations cancels out. Experiments: Berkeley: Dy and Yb; PV amplitude 100 x Cs! Ra + - Groningen, Fr- TRIUMF, (Ra Argonne?) Fortson,Pang,Wilets 1990 - neutron distribution problem Test of Standard model or neutron distribution? Brown, Derevianko,Flambaum 2009. Uncertainties in neutron distributions cancel in differences of PV effects in isotopes of the same element. Measurements of ratios of PV effects in isotopic chain can compete with other tests of Standard model!

13. Neutron skin effect in atomic PV Neutron-skin induced errors in single- isotope PV Possibility to measure neutron skin using atomic PV Neutron-skin-induced errors for ratios of PV effects in different isotopes PV experiments: Cs, Yb, Dy, Ra, Fr, Ba, Tl, Pb, Bi, Sm

14. Relative neutron skin correction -0.4 (Z/137) 2 [(R n – R p )/ R p ] Z=55 Cs: -0.23(5)% Z=87,88 Fr, Ra: -0.63(16)% In single-isotope experiments it is possible to extract new physics at the level of 0.05%(Cs) - 0.2 % (Fr,Ra) If standard model is assumed to be correct, the neutron skin measurements require atomic calculation error <0.2% (Cs), <0.6% (Fr,Ra)

15. Chain of isotopes Errors in neutron skin values for different isotopes are correlated. This reduces error bars for possible limits on new physics contribution 4-10 times. Sensitivity limits for h p (new)/h 0 (SM) are from 2 10 -2 /(N 1 -N 2 ) for Yb, Tl, Pb,Fr,Ra to (0.4-0.6) 10 -2 /(N 1 -N 2 ) for Cs, Ba, Dy N 1 -N 2 =14, sensitivity limit < 10 -3 PV electron scattering 3 10 -2

16. Nuclear anapole moment Source of nuclear spin-dependent PV effects in atoms Nuclear magnetic multipole violating parity Arises due to parity violation inside the nucleus Interacts with atomic electrons via usual magnetic interaction (PV hyperfine interaction): [Flambaum,Khriplovich,Sushkov] E PV  Z 2 A 2/3 measured as difference of PV effects for transitions between hyperfine components Cs: |6s,F=3> – |7s,F‘=4> and |6s,F’=4> – |7s,F=3> Probe of weak nuclear forces via atomic experiments! B j  a

17. Nuclear anapole moment is produced by PV nuclear forces. Measurements +our calculations give the strength constant g. Boulder Cs: g=6(1) in units of Fermi constant Seattle Tl: g=-2(3) New accurate calculations Flambaum,Hanhart; Haxton,Liu,Ramsey-Musolf; Auerbach, Brown; Dmitriev, Khriplovich,Telitsin: problem remains. Proposals: 10 3 enhancement in Ra atom due to close opposite parity state; Dy,Yb,…(Berkeley)

18. Enhancement of nuclear anapole effects in molecules 10 5 enhancement of the nuclear anapole contribution in diatomic molecules due to mixing of close rotational levels of opposite parity. Theorem: only anapole contribution to PV is enhanced ( Labzovsky;Sushkov,Flambaum ). Weak charge can not mix opposite parity rotational levels and  doublet.  =1/2 terms:    . Heavy molecules, effect Z 2 A 2/3 R(Z  YbF,BaF, PbF,LuS,LuO,LaS,LaO,HgF,…Cl,Br,I,…BiO,BiS,… PV effects 10 -3, microwave or optical M1 transitions. For example, circular polarization of radiation or difference of absorption of right and left polarised radiation. Cancellation between hyperfine and rotational intervals-enhancement. Interval between the opposite parity levels may be reduced to zero by magnetic field – further enhancement. Molecular experiment : Yale.

19. Enhancement of nuclear anapole effects in molecules 10 5 enhancement of the anapole contribution in diatomic molecules due to mixing of close rotational levels of opposite parity. Theorem: only nuclear-spin-dependent contribution to PV is enhanced ( Labzovsky; Sushkov, Flambaum ). Weak charge can not mix opposite parity rotational levels or  doublet. Anapole can.  =1/2 terms:    . Heavy molecules, effect Z 2 A 2/3 R(Z  YbF, BaF, PbF, LuS, LuO, LaS, LaO, HgF, …Cl,Br,I,…BiO,BiS,… Experiment: Yale

20. Enhanced parity violation in molecules, 100 000 times PV effects 10 -3, microwave or optical M1 transitions. For example, circular polarization of radiation or difference of absorption of right and left polarised radiation. Cancellation between hyperfine and rotational intervals-additional enhancement. Interval between the opposite parity levels may be reduced to zero by magnetic field – further enhancement. Many schemes were suggested to study PV for close levels: H 2s-2p, Dy. Molecular experiment : Yale. Anapoles of many nuclei (PV nuclear forces) and constants of nucleon-spin-dependent PV, C 2 Calculations needed!

21. Atomic electric dipole moments Electric dipole moments violate parity (P) and time-reversal (T)   T-violation  CP-violation by CPT theorem CP violation Observed in K 0, B 0 Accommodated in SM as a single phase in the quark- mixing matrix (Kobayashi-Maskawa mechanism) However, not enough CP-violation in SM to generate enough matter-antimatter asymmetry of Universe!  Must be some non-SM CP-violation

22. Excellent way to search for new sources of CP-violation is by measuring EDMs –SM EDMs are hugely suppressed  Theories that go beyond the SM predict EDMs that are many orders of magnitude larger! Theoryd e (e cm) Std. Mdl.< 10 -38 SUSY10 -28 - 10 -26 Multi-Higgs10 -28 - 10 -26 Left-right10 -28 - 10 -26 Atomic EDMs d atom  Z 3 [Sandars] Sensitive probe of physics beyond the Standard Model! Best limit (90% c.l.): |d e | < 1.6  10 -27 e cm Berkeley (2002) e.g. electron EDM

23. Atomic EDMs Best limits =+ + + - = fundamental CP-violating phases neutron EDM EDMs of diamagnetic systems (Hg,Ra) EDMs of paramagnetic systems (Tl) Schiff moment nucleon level quark/lepton level nuclear level atomic level Leading mechanisms for EDM generation |d( 199 Hg)| < 3 x 10 -29 e cm (95% c.l., Seattle, 2009) |d( 205 Tl)| < 9.6 x 10 -25 e cm (90% c.l., Berkeley, 2002) |d(n)| < 2.9 x 10 -26 e cm (90% c.l., Grenoble, 2006)

25. Enhancement of electron EDM Atoms: Tl enhancement d(Tl)= -500 d e Experiment – Berkeley Molecules –close rotational levels,  doubling – huge enhancement of electron EDM (Sushkov,Flambaum)   YbF London    PbO Yale   HfF + Boulder Weak electric field is enough to polarise the molecule. Molecular electric field is several orders of magnitude larger than external field (Sandars)

26. Screening of external electric field in atoms ……

27. Diamagnetic atoms and molecules Source-nuclear Schiff moment SM appears when screening of external electric field by atomic electrons is taken into account. Nuclear T,P-odd moments: EDM – non-observable due to total screening (Schiff theorem) Nuclear electrostatic potential with screening: d is nuclear EDM, the term with d is the electron screening term  (R) in multipole expansion is reduced to. where is Schiff moment. This expression is not suitable for relativistic calculations.

28. Flambaum, Ginges, 2002: where  R Nuclear spin E Electric field induced by T,P-odd nuclear forces which influence proton charge density This potential has no singularities and may be used in relativistic calculations. SM electric field polarizes atom and produces EDM. Calculations of nuclear SM: Sushkov,Flambaum,Khriplovich 1984,1986;Corrections Brown et al,Flambaum et al,Dmitriev et alAuerbach et al,Engel et al, Liu et al,Sen’kov et al Calculations of atomic EDM: SFK1984; Dzuba, Flambaum,Ginges,Kozlov Best limits from Hg EDM measurement in Seattle – Crucial test of modern theories of CP violation (supersymmetry, etc.)

29. Electric field of Schiff moment (exponentially small outside nucleus, zero at two poles)

30. Enhancement in nuclei with quadrupole deformation Close level of opposite parity Haxton, Henley –EDM, MQM Sushkov, Flambaum, Khriplovich –Schiff moment Flambaum - spin hedgehog and collective magnetic quadrupole are produced by T,P- odd interaction which polarises spins along radius Enhancement factor does not exceed 10

31. Nuclear enhancement (Auerbach, Flambaum, Spevak (1996)) The strongest enhancement is due to octupole deformation (Rn,Ra,Fr,…) - octupole deformation - quadrupole deformation Intrinsic Schiff moment: No T,P-odd forces are needed for the Schiff moment in intrinsic reference frame However, in laboratory frame S=0 due to rotation

32. I I nn In the absence of T,P-odd forces: doublet (+) and (-) and T,P-odd mixing (  ) with opposite parity state (-) of doublet: and Schiff moment

33. Simple estimate (Auerbach, Flambaum, Spevak 1996): Two factors of enhancement: 1.Large collective moment in the body frame 2.Small energy interval (E + -E - ), 0.05 instead of 8 MeV 225 Ra, 223 Rn, Fr,… -100-1000 times enhancemnt Engel, Friar, Hayes (2000); Flambaum, Zelevinsky (2003): Static octupole deformation is not essential, nuclei with soft octupole vibrations also have the enhancement.

34. EDMs of atoms of experimental interest ZAtom[S/( e fm3)]e cm [10 -25  e cm Expt. 2 3 He0.000080.0005 54 129 Xe0.380.7 Seattle, Ann Arbor, Princeton 70 171 Yb-1.93 Bangalore,Kyoto 80 199 Hg-2.84Seattle 86 223 Rn3.33300TRIUMF 88 225 Ra-8.22500Argonne,KVI 88 223 Ra-8.23400 d n = 5 x 10 -24 e cm , d( 3 He)/ d n = 10 -5

35. RaO molecule Enhancement factors Biggest Schiff moment Highest nuclear charge Close rotational levels of opposite parity (strong internal electric field) Largest T,P-odd nuclear spin-axis interaction  (I n), RaO= 500 TlF Calculation needed! TlF –Sandars,…

36. Correlation potential method Zeroth-order: relativistic Hartree-Fock. Perturbation theory in difference between exact and Hartree-Fock Hamiltonians. Correlation corrections accounted for by inclusion of a “correlation potential” (self-energy operator)  (r,r’E): External fields included using Time-Dependent Hartree-Fock (RPAE core polarization)+correlations  = + In the lowest order  is given by: [Dzuba,Flambaum,Sushkov (1989)]

37. The correlation potential …… 1. electron-electron screening Use the Feynman diagram technique to include three classes of diagrams to all orders:

38. The correlation potential 2. hole-particle interaction …… 3. nonlinear-in-  corrections     …… …… 1. electron-electron screening Use the Feynman diagram technique to include three classes of diagrams to all orders:

39.  Matrix elements:  a |h+  V+  |  b >  a,b - Brueckner orbitals: (H HF –  a +  )  a =0 h – External field  a |  V|  b > - Core polarization  a |  |  b > - Structure radiation Example: PNC E(6s-7s) in 133 Cs [ 10 -11 iea B (-Q W /N) ] E PNC = 0.91(1) (Dzuba, Sushkov, Flambaum, 1989) E PNC = 0.904(5) (Dzuba, Flambaum, Ginges, 2002)

40. Tightly constrains possible new physics, e.g. mass of extra Z boson M Z’  750 GeV 7S Best calculation [Dzuba,Flambaum,Ginges, 2002] E PV = -0.897(1  0.5%)  10 -11 iea B (-Q W /N)  Q W  Q W SM  1.1  E PV includes -0.8% shift due to strong-field QED self-energy / vertex corrections to weak matrix elements W sp [Kuchiev,Flambaum; Milstein,Sushkov,Terekhov] A complete calculation of QED corrections to PV amplitude includes also QED corrections to energy levels and E1 amplitudes [Flambaum,Ginges; Shabaev,Pachuki,Tupitsyn,Yerokhin]

41. Radiative potential for QED  g (r) – magnetic formfactor  f (r) – electric formfactor  l (r) – low energy electric formfactor  U (r) – Uehling potential  WC (r) – Wichmann-Kroll potential  f (r) and  f (r) have free parameters which are chosen to fit QED corrections to the energies ( Mohr, et al ) and weak matrix elements (Kuchiev,Flambaum; Milstein,Sushkov,Terekhov; Sapirstein et al )

42. Accuracy about 0.1% for s-levels

43. Low-energy theorem to calculate QED radiative corrections to electromagnetic amplitudes Small parameter=E/  E=energy of valence electron=10 -5 mc 2  virtual photon frequency =mc 2 Results are expressed in terms of self-energy  and d  dE (vertex, normalization) Radiative potential contribution:      ln(      Other contributions:    i    i –ion charge In neutral atoms (  i =0) radiative potential contribution is   times larger!  Total QED correction to E PV = -0.41%(weak)+0.43%(E1)-0.34%(  E)=-0.32%

44. Parity violating radiative potential Flambaum,Shuryak 2007 Z-boson virtual decay to e + e - Range is M Z /2m e =10 5 times larger than range of usual weak interaction! (virtual decay to 2  also increases range of strong interaction due to  and  meson exchange and influences lattice calculation results of meson properties)

45. PNC in Cs Best measurement for cesium [Boulder ‘97] Atomic theory required for determination of Q W E1 7S 1/2 6S 1/2

46. Atoms with several valence electrons: CI+MBPT CI Hamiltonian:  i h i +  i<j e 2 /r ij h = c  p +(  -1)mc 2 –Ze 2 /r + V core CI+MBPT Hamiltonian: h -> h +     e 2 /r ij -> e 2 /r ij +     [Dzuba, Flambaum, Kozlov (1996)] MBPT is used to calculate core-valence correlation operator  r,r’, 

47. Wave functions are found by solving matrix eigenvalue problem Then standard CI technique is used: Matrix elements are found by Example: EDM of Hg

48. EDM for closed-shell atoms (Xe, Hg, Ra, Yb) (due to Schiff moment) RHF + TDHF (for core polarization): = D z = H PT = Coulomb interaction Hg, Ra, Yb can also be treated as 2-valence electrons atoms by the CI+MBPT The results for EDM are close to the RHF + TDHF calculations

49. Limits on the P,T-violating parameters in the hadronic sector extracted from Hg compared to the best limits from other experiments P,T-odd termValueExperiment neutron EDM d n [10 -26 e cm] Hg n Seattle, 2001 ILL, 1999 PNPI, 1996 proton EDM d p [10 -24 e cm] Hg TlF Seattle, 2001 Yale, 1991 HgSeattle, 2001 QCD phase     Hg n Seattle, 2001 ILL, 1999 PNPI, 1996 Best limit on atomic EDM (Seattle, 2001; 7 times better in 2009):

50. Extra enhancement in excited states: Ra Extra enhancement for EDM and APV in metastable states due to presence of close opposite parity levels [Flambaum; Dzuba,Flambaum,Ginges] d( 3 D 2 )  10 5  d(Hg) E PV ( 1 S 0 - 3 D 1,2 )  100  E PV (Cs) 7s 2 1 S 0 3D23D2 3P13P1  E=5 cm -1 3D13D1 3P03P0 7s6p7s6d E PV (Q W ) E PV (  a )

51. Summary Atomic and molecular experiments are used to test unification theories of elementary particles Parity violation –Weak charge: test of the standard model and search of new physics –Chain of isotopes method can compete with other methods to search for physics beyond the Standard model and measure difference of neutron skins –Nuclear anapole, probe of weak PV nuclear forces Time reversal –EDM, test of physics beyond the standard model. 1-3 orders improvement may be enough to reject or confirm all popular models of CP violation, e.g. supersymmetric models A new generation of experiments with enhanced effects is underway in atoms, diatomic molecules, and solids

52. Summary Precision atomic physics can be used to probe fundamental interactions –unique test of the standard model through APV, now agreement –Nuclear anapole, probe of PV weak nuclear forces (in APV) –EDM, unique sensitivity to physics beyond the standard model. 1-3 orders improvement may be enough to reject or confirm all popular models of CP violation, e.g. supersymmetric models A new generation of experiments with enhanced effects is underway in atoms, diatomic molecules, and solids

53. Cs PNC: conclusion and future directions Cs PNC is still in perfect agreement with the standard model Theoretical uncertainty is now dominated by correlations (0.5%) Improvement in precision for correlation calculations is important. Derevianko aiming for 0.1% in Cs. Similar measurements and calculations can be done for Fr, Ba+, Ra+

54. Summary Precision atomic physics can be used to probe fundamental interactions –EDMs (existing): Xe, Tl, Hg –EDMs (new): Xe, Ra, Yb, Rn –EDM and APV in metastable states: Ra, Rare Earth –Nuclear anapole: Cs, Tl, Fr, Ra, Rare Earth –APV (Q W ): Cs, Fr, Ba+, Ra+ Atomic theory provides reliable interpretation of the measurements

55. Atoms as probes of fundamental interactions T,P and P-odd effects in atoms are strongly enhanced: Z 3 or Z 2 electron structure enhancement (universal) Nuclear enhancement (mostly for non-spherical nuclei) Close levels of opposite parity Collective enhancement Octupole deformation Close atomic levels of opposite parity (mostly for excited states) A wide variety of effects can be studied: Schiff moment, MQM, nucleon EDM, e - EDM via atomic EDM Q W, Anapole moment via E(PNC) amplitude

56. Nuclear anapole moment Source of nuclear spin-dependent PV effects in atoms Nuclear magnetic multipole violating parity Arises due to parity violation inside the nucleus Interacts with atomic electrons via usual magnetic interaction (PV hyperfine interaction): [Flambaum,Khriplovich,Sushkov] E PV  Z 2 A 2/3 measured as difference of PV effects for transitions between hyperfine components B j  a Boulder Cs: g= 6(1) ( in units of Fermi constant ) Seattle Tl: g=-2(3)

57. Flambaum, Ginges, 2002: where  R Nuclear spin E Electric field induced by T,P-odd nuclear forces which influence proton charge density This potential has no singularities and may be used in relativistic calculations. Schiff moment electric field polarizes atom and produce EDM. Relativistic corrections originating from electron wave functions can be incorporated into Local Dipole Moment (L)

58. Schiff moment SM appears when screening of external electric field by atomic electrons is taken into account. Nuclear T,P-odd moments: EDM – non-observable due to total screening Electric octupole moment – modified by screening Magnetic quatrupole moment – not significantly affected Nuclear electrostatic potential with screening: d is nuclear EDM, the term with d is the electron screening term  (R) in multipole expansion is reduced to. where is Schiff moment. This expression is not suitable for relativistic calculations.

59.  Matrix elements:  a |h+  V+  |  b >  a,b - Brueckner orbitals: (H HF –  a +  )  a =0 h – External field  a |  V|  b > - Core polarization  a |  |  b > - Structure radiation Example: PNC E(6s-7s) in 133 Cs [ 10 -11 iea B (-Q W /N) ] E PNC = 0.91(1) (Dzuba, Sushkov, Flambaum, 1989) E PNC = 0.904(5) (Dzuba, Flambaum, Ginges, 2002)

60. Close states of opposite parity in Rare-Earth atoms ZAtomEvenOdd  E [cm -1 ] JJ What 60Nd II 6 G 11/2 6 L 13/2 81S,M 62SM I4f 6 5d6s4f 6 6s6p50S,E,M 62SM I 7D47D4 9G59G5 101S,M 64Gd I 11 F 5 9P39P3 02A,M 66Dy I4f 10 5d6s4f 10 6s6p11A,S,M 66Dy I4f 10 5d6s4f 9 5d 2 6s00A,E,S,M 67Ho I 8 K 21/2 4f 10 6s 2 6p101S,M S = Schiff Moment, A = Anapole moment, E = Electron EDM, M = Magnetic quadrupole moment

61. Radiative potential for QED  g (r) – magnetic formfactor  f (r) – electric formfactor  l (r) – low energy electric formfactor  U (r) – Uehling potential  WC (r) – Wichmann-Kroll potential  f (r) and  f (r) have free parameters which are chosen to fit QED corrections to the energies ( Mohr, et al ) and weak matrix elements (Kuchiev,Flambaum; Milstein,Sushkov,Terekhov; Sapirstein et al )

62. QED corrections to E PV in Cs QED correction to weak matrix elements leading to  E PV ( Kuchiev, Flambaum, ’02; Milstein, Sushkov, Terekhov, ’02; Sapirstein, Pachucki, Veitia, Cheng, ’03)  E PV = (0.4-0.8)% = -0.4% QED correction to  E PV in effective atomic potential (Shabaev et al, ’05)  E PV = (0.41-0.67)% = -0.27% QED corrections to E1 and  E in radiative potential, QED corrections to weak matrix elements are taken from earlier works (Flambaum, Ginges, ’05 )  E PV = (0.41-0.73)%=-0.32% QED correction to  E PV in radiative potential with full account of many-body effects ( Dzuba, Flambaum, Ginges, ’07 )  E PV = -0.20%

63. Overview Atoms as probes of fundamental interactions atomic electric dipole moments (EDMs) atomic parity violation (APV) - nuclear anapole moment - nuclear weak charge Nuclear Schiff moment (SM) High-precision atomic many-body calculations EDMs of diamagnetic atoms Strong enhancement of SM in deformed nuclei Strong enhancement of EDMs and APV due to close levels of opposite parity Summary

64. Extra enhancement for EDM and APV in metastable states due to presence of close opposite parity levels [Flambaum; Dzuba,Flambaum,Ginges] d( 3 D 2 )  10 5  d(Hg) E PV ( 1 S 0 - 3 D 1,2 )  100  E PV (Cs) Comparison of even Ra isotopes 7s 2 1 S 0 3D23D2 3P13P1  E=5 cm -1 3D13D1 3P03P0 7s6p7s6d E PV (Q W ) E PV (  a ) Good to study anapole moment: Strongly enhanced (E PV ~ 10 3 E PV (Cs)) Q W does not contribute (  J = 1) PV in optical or microwave transition Extra enhancement in excited states: Ra