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Bouchiat and Bouchiat pointed out1 soon after the discovery of weak neutral currents2 that their existence might lead to parity non-conserving (PNC) effects of observable magnitude in atoms. One of the most promising possibilities3 is to look for optical rotation close to an allowed M1 absorption line in a heavy element. We report here preliminary results from our experiment4 on the 648 nm J = 3/2 J = 5/2 transition in bismuth. We find that the optical rotation, if it exists, must be somewhat smaller than had been expected.
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Baird, P.E.G., Brimicombe, M.W.S.M., Roberts, G.J., Sandars, P.G.H., Stacey, D.N. (1977). Search for Parity Non-Conserving Optical Rotation in Atomic Bismuth. In: Marrus, R., Prior, M., Shugart, H. (eds) Atomic Physics 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4202-1_3
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