Limits on the monopole polarization magnetic field from measurements of the electric dipole moments of atoms, molecules, and the neutron
- 1 March 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 55 (3) , 1736-1742
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.55.1736
Abstract
A radial magnetic field can induce a time-invariance-violating electric-dipole moment (EDM) in quantum systems. The EDMs of the Tl, Cs, Xe, and Hg atoms and the neutron that are produced by such a field are estimated. The contributions of such a field to the constants, χ of the T, P-odd interactions N⋅s/s and N⋅I/I are also estimated for the TlF, HgF, and YbF molecules [where s (I) is the electron (nuclear) spin and N is the molecular axis]. The best limit on the contact monopole field can be obtained from the measured value of the Tl EDM. The possibility of such a field being produced from polarization of the vacuum of electrically charged magnetic monopoles (dyons) by a Coulomb field is discussed, as well as the limit on these dyons. An alternative mechanism involves chromomagnetic and chromoelectric fields in QCD.
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