Electronic structure of ytterbium monohydroxide molecule to search for axionlike particles

Recently the YbOH molecule has been suggested as a candidate to search for the electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) which violates spatial parity (P) and time-reversal (T) symmetries [I. Kozyryev and N. R. Hutzler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 133002 (2017)]. In the present paper we show that the same sy...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Maison, D E, Flambaum, V V, Hutzler, N R, Skripnikov, L V
Format Paper Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 12.02.2021
Subjects
Coupling (molecular)
Dipole moments
Electric dipoles
Electronic structure
Electrons
Molecular structure
Nuclei (nuclear physics)
Particle physics
Physics - Atomic Physics
Physics - Chemical Physics
Physics - High Energy Physics - Theory
Ytterbium
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Summary:Recently the YbOH molecule has been suggested as a candidate to search for the electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) which violates spatial parity (P) and time-reversal (T) symmetries [I. Kozyryev and N. R. Hutzler, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 133002 (2017)]. In the present paper we show that the same system can be used to measure coupling constants of the interaction of electrons and nucleus with axionlike particles. The electron-nucleus interaction produced by the axion exchange induces T,P-violating a EDM of the whole molecular system. We express the corresponding T,P-violating energy shift produced by this effect in terms of the axion mass and product of the axion-nucleus and axion-electron coupling constants.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2010.11669