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Effective electric field: Quantifying the sensitivity of searches for new P,T-odd physics with EuCl3·6H2O

A. O. Sushkov*

O. P. Sushkov

A. Yaresko

  • Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA; and Photonics Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA

  • School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

  • Max-Planck-Institut fur Festkorperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany

  • *asu@bu.edu
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Phys. Rev. A 107, 062823 – Published 29 June, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.107.062823

Abstract

Laboratory-scale precision experiments are a promising approach to searching for physics beyond the standard model. Noncentrosymmetric solids offer favorable statistical sensitivity for efforts that search for new fields, whose interactions violate the discrete parity and time-reversal symmetries. One example is the cosmic axion spin precession experiment (CASPEr), which can be sensitive to the defining interaction of the quantum chromodynamics (QCD) axion dark matter with gluons in atomic nuclei. The effective electric field is the parameter that quantifies the sensitivity of such experiments to new physics. We describe the theoretical approach to calculating the effective electric field for noncentrosymmetric sites in ionic insulating solids. We consider the specific example of the EuCl3·6H2O crystal, which is a particularly promising material. The optimistic estimate of the effective electric field for the Eu153 isotope in this crystal is 10MV/cm. The calculation uncertainty is estimated to be two orders of magnitude, dominated by the evaluation of the europium nuclear Schiff moment.

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Phys. Rev. A 107, 062823– Published 29 June, 2023
  • Received 30 March 2023
  • Accepted 8 June 2023
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