Quantum Dynamics in Atomic-Fountain Experiments for Measuring the Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron with Improved Sensitivity

Physical Review X

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Wundt, B J ^a   Munger, C T ^b,c   Jentschura, U D ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI ATOMS; ATOMIC FOUNTAINS; COHERENT STATE; ELECTRON ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENT; FINAL STATE; HYPERFINES; LASER CONFIGURATION; PARAMETER SPACES; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; STARK SHIFT; STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS; THE STANDARD MODEL; TIME EVOLUTIONS; ZEEMAN SHIFT;

ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLUORINE; FOUNTAINS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT;

ATOMS;

EID: 84872370002     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.2.041009     Document Type: Article

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