2001/09/27 by A. I. Milstein, O. P. Sushkov · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Chemical Physics Studies #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Nuclear physics research studies #hep-ph #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.66.022108
published as Phys.Rev.A66:022108,2002 · 4 pages, 3 figures, RevTeX
arxiv created 2001/09/27 · openalex publication_date 2002/08/12 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Parity nonconservation due to the nuclear weak charge is considered. We demonstrate that the radiative corrections to this effect due to the vacuum fluctuations of the characteristic size larger than the nuclear radius r0 and smaller than the electron Compton wavelength \ensuremathλC are enhanced because of the strong electric field of the nucleus. The parameter that allows one to classify the corrections is the large logarithm ln(\ensuremathλC/r0). The vacuum polarization contribution is enhanced by the second power of the logarithm. Although the self-energy and the vertex corrections do not vanish, they contain only the first power of the logarithm. The value of the radiative correction is 0.4% for Cs and 0.9% for Tl, Pb, and Bi. We discuss also how the correction affects the interpretation of the experimental data on parity nonconservation in atoms.