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What is a Schiff moment anyway?

arXiv:2601.07217 · doi:10.1088/1361-6404/ae6744

Abstract

Schiff moments of atomic nuclei are of considerable interest to experiments searching for undiscovered new physics that breaks time-reversal symmetry. I develop a simple picture of the Schiff moment of a charge distribution, and discuss the interaction of the Schiff moment of a nucleus with the field produced by an electron in an atom.

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