{"product_id":"9783032340870","title":"Precision Measurements in Atomic Cesium-133","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSpringer Theses\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePrecision Measurements in Atomic Cesium-133\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJonah Quirk\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Physics \/ Atomic \u0026amp; Molecular\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; margin-right: 17.85pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 101%;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 101%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;\"\u003eThis book presents several precision measurements performed on atomic cesium and related to ongoing efforts toward a new measurement of the Weinberg mixing angle \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eQ\u003csub\u003eW\u003c\/sub\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eat low momentum transfer.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe ultimate goal of this research program is an improved measurement of the extremely weak\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eelectric-dipole\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etransition\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emoment\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eE\u003csub\u003epv\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.8pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e6\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003es\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003csub\u003e\u003cspan style=\"position: relative; top: 1.5pt; mso-text-raise: -1.5pt;\"\u003e1\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\/\u003c\/em\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003cspan style=\"position: relative; top: 1.5pt; mso-text-raise: -1.5pt; letter-spacing: 1.2pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e→ \u003c\/em\u003e7\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003es\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003csub\u003e\u003cspan style=\"position: relative; top: 1.5pt; mso-text-raise: -1.5pt;\"\u003e1\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\/\u003c\/em\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003cspan style=\"position: relative; top: 1.5pt; mso-text-raise: -1.5pt; letter-spacing: 1.75pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003etransition\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecesium,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.25pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhich is strictly electric-dipole forbidden without the weak force.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDue to state mixing by the weak interaction, however, the optical transition is allowed, albeit very weakly,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e10\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003csup\u003e−\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003csup\u003e11\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003csub\u003e0\u003c\/sub\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe magnitude of\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eE\u003csub\u003epv\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.4pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eyields\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eweak\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emixing\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eangle\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eQ\u003csub\u003eW\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eimproving\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eprecision\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eQ\u003csub\u003eW\u003c\/sub\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eprovides\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edirect\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: .9pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etest of the standard model of particle physics.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.35pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe three specific measurements described in this thesis are:\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehyperfine coupling constants of several states; the static Stark polarizability of the 7\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003es \u003c\/em\u003e\u003csup\u003e2\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003csub\u003e\u003cspan style=\"position: relative; top: 1.5pt; mso-text-raise: -1.5pt;\"\u003e1\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\/\u003c\/em\u003e2 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/sub\u003estate;\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.8pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.8pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eratio\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.75pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.8pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.75pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003escalar\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.8pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.75pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003evector\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.75pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etransition\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.75pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epolarizabilities\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.8pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.8pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.8pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e6\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003es\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.5pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e→\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e7\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003es\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 1.55pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003etransition. In addition, it describes a new optical phase locking technique developed by the author to allow interference measurements on any of the hyperfine components of the 6\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003es → \u003c\/em\u003e7\u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003es \u003c\/em\u003etransition.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 2.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis technique is instrumental in a future measurement of \u003cem style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eE\u003csub\u003epv \u003c\/sub\u003e\/β\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonah Quirk is a recent graduate of Purdue University where his research focused on precision measurements supporting studies of atomic parity violation. His work has been published in several articles within Physical Review A and Physical Review Letters. Jonah received a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Physics from Purdue University in 2025 and 2021, respectively. He also received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Southern Indiana. In his spare time, Jonah enjoys looking for and photographing birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032340870\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51216699981964,"sku":"9783032340870","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032340870.jpg?v=1783013070","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783032340870","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}