abstract

• Francium is an excellent system to study the nuclear weak force due to its large nucleus and relatively simple atomic structure. The FrPNC experiment has a facility to produce cold trapped atomic francium samples for parity non-conservation studies. We are preparing to measure both the nuclear spin independent and dependent parts of the weak interaction in francium. The first one gives information about weak neutral currents at low energies, while the second one is sensitive to weak interactions between nucleons. We present the current status of the experiment. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

authors

• Aubin S.
• Behr J.A.
• Collister R.
• Gwinner G.
• Gómez García Eduardo
• Orozco L.A.
• Pearson M.R.
• Sheng D.
• Tandecki M.
• Zhang J.

publication date

• 2012-01-01

funding provided via

• National Science Foundation, NSF: 0969250  Grant

published in

• Journal of Physics: Conference Series  Journal

keywords

• Physics; Current status; Neutral currents; Nuclear spins; Parity non-conservation; Weak force; Weak interactions; Francium

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1088/1742-6596/387/1/012004

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volume

• 387

issue

• 1