New limits on the electron electric dipole moment from cesium
- 28 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 63 (9), 965-968
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.63.965
Abstract
The electric-dipole moment (edm) of the ground state of cesium has been measured using a two-laser method that does not require the presence of an external B field. The measured value =(-1.8±6.7±1.8)× e cm implies that the electron EDM is =(-1.5±5.5±1.5)× e cm. This result represents more than an order-of-magnitude improvement over all previous limits.
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