Precision atomic physics techniques for nuclear physics with radioactive beams

Atomic Parity-Violation and Precision Physics

The atomic parity-violation (APV) parameter QW for a nucleus with n neutrons and z protons has been included in the list of pseudo-observables accessible with the codes TOPAZ0 and ZFITTER. In this way one can add the APV results in the LEP EWWG ‘global’ electroweak fits, checking the corresponding effect when added to the existing precision measurements. † Work supported by the European Union u...

Atomic Parity Violation and Precision Electroweak Physics

A new analysis of parity violation in atomic cesium has led to the improved value of the weak charge, QW (Cs) = −72.06± 0.46. The implications of this result for constraining the Peskin-Takeuchi parameters S and T and for guiding searches for new Z bosons are discussed. PACS Categories: 11.30.Er, 12.15.Ji, 12.15.Mm, 12.60.Cn One prediction of the unified theory of weak and electromagnetic inter...

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Neutrino Physics: the Roadmap for Precision Physics

In the last years, we experienced a complete change of the view of weak interaction physics. Robust results from many experiments as Super-Kamiokande, KamLAND, SNO, K2K, show us that the neutrinos have the remarkable phenomena of oscillations, a quantum interference mechanism that operates to distances as large as 100 km and even bigger distances. From this we know that neutrinos change identit...