SPECIAL ATOMIC PHYSICS SEMINAR

Alex Sushkov
University of California, Berkeley

Note different date

Thursday, May 31, 2007
2:00 pm in SPL 52

Towards a search for the nuclear Schiff moment of ²⁰⁷Pb in a ferroelectric

Abstract: A recently proposed search for the nuclear Schiff moment of ²⁰⁷Pb [1,2] has the statistical sensitivity 4 or more orders of magnitude better than the current best limit on the nuclear Schiff moment of ¹⁹⁹Hg. Preliminary measurements of residual magnetization, and spin-lattice relaxation times down to the temperature of 10 K confirm the feasibility of this experiment, and demonstrate that it may be possible to achieve an even better sensitivity than previously expected.

• [1] T. Mukhamedjanov et al., PRA 034501 (2005)
• [2] D. Budker et al., PRA 022107 (2006)