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CP Violation Without Strangeness

Electric Dipole Moments of Particles, Atoms, and Molecules

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  • © 1997

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  1. Iosif B. Khriplovich

    1. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia

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  2. Steve K. Lamoreaux

    1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 1-8

  3. Kinematics of Discrete Symmetries

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 9-18

  4. General Features of EDM Experiments

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 19-51

  5. The Search for the Neutron EDM

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 53-106

  6. Theoretical Predictions for Neutron and Electron Dipole Moments

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 107-118

  7. EDM Experiments with Paramagnetic Atoms

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 119-136

  8. EDM Experiments with Diamagnetic Atoms

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 137-148

  9. Atomic Calculations

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 149-176

  10. T Violation in Molecules

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 177-188

  11. CP-Odd Nuclear Forces

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 189-201

  12. What Do We Really Know About T-Odd, but P-Even Interactions?

    • Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux
    Pages 203-215

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 217-231
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About this book

Electric dipole moments (EDMs) have interested physicists since 1950, when it was first suggested that there was no experimental evidence that nuclear forces are symmetric under parity (P) transformation. This question was regarded as speculative because the existence of an EDM, in addition to P violation, requires a violation of time-reversal (T) symmetry. In 1964 it was discovered that the invariance under CP transformation, which combines charge conjugation (C) with parity, is violated in K-meson decays. This provided a new incentive for EDM searches. Since the combined operations of CPT are expected to leave a system invariant, breakdown of CP invariance should be accompanied by a violation of time-reversal symmetry. Thus there is a reason to expect that EDMs should exist at some level. The original neutron EDM experiments were later supplemented with checks of T invariance in atoms and molecules. These investigations are pursued now by many groups. Over the years, the upper limit on the neutron EDM has been improved by seven orders of magnitude, and the upper limit on the electron EDM obtained in atomic experiments is even more strict.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia

    Iosif B. Khriplovich

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, USA

    Steve K. Lamoreaux

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: CP Violation Without Strangeness

  • Book Subtitle: Electric Dipole Moments of Particles, Atoms, and Molecules

  • Authors: Iosif B. Khriplovich, Steve K. Lamoreaux

  • Series Title: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60838-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64577-8Published: 18 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60838-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1864-5879

  • Series E-ISSN: 1864-5887

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 230

  • Topics: Particle and Nuclear Physics, Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

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