J. Gunst,
A. Surzhykov,
A. Artemyev,
S. Fritzsche,
S. Tashenov,
A. Maiorova,
V. M. Shabaev,
and T. Stöhlker
Parity-nonconservation effects on the radiative recombination of heavy hydrogenlike ions
Phys. Rev. A, 87 :032714 (March 2013)
Parity-nonconservation effects on the radiative recombination of heavy hydrogenlike ions
Phys. Rev. A, 87 :032714 (March 2013)
Abstract:
Based on the theoretical analysis of the radiative recombination of heavy hydrogen-like ions with unpolarized electrons, a scheme is proposed for observing atomic parity nonconservation (PNC). The scheme employs the sensitivity of the polarization properties of recombination photons on the PNC-induced mixing of opposite-parity ionic levels. For the electron capture into the 1s2p(3)^P_(0) state of helium-like ions, in particular, the PNC leads to a rotation of the photon linear polarization on the angle, directly proportional to the 1s2p (3)^P_(0)–1s2s (1)^S_(0) mixing parameter. Owing to the recent advances in the development of x-ray polarimeters, the observation of such a rotation angle and, hence, the corresponding parity mixing is likely to become feasible in the future.