Abstract
Refined observations of parity nonconservation in the transition in are reported. Absorption of circularly polarized 293-nm photons by atoms in an field results in polarization of the state, through interference of the Stark amplitude with and parity-nonconserving amplitudes. Detection of this polarization yields the circular dichroism , which agrees with theoretical estimates based on the Weinberg-Salam model, for .
- Received 21 November 1980
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.640
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