Radium ion: A possible candidate for measuring atomic parity violation

TL;DR

This paper explores the potential of trapped and laser-cooled Radium ions for measuring atomic parity violation, highlighting advantages and challenges compared to other ions like Barium.

Contribution

It presents an analysis of Radium ion's suitability for parity violation measurements, emphasizing its unique benefits and difficulties.

Findings

Radium ion offers advantages due to its larger mass.

Challenges include instability and complexity of trapping Radium.

Potential for more sensitive parity violation detection.

Abstract

Single trapped and laser cooled Radium ion as a possible candidate for measuring the parity violation induced frequency shift has been discussed here. Even though the technique to be used is similar to that proposed by Fortson [1], Radium has its own advantages and disadvantages. The most attractive part of Radium ion as compared to that of Barium ion is its mass which comes along with added complexity of instability as well as other issues which are discussed here