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The self-energy and vertex QED radiative corrections [approximately Zalpha2f(Zalpha)] are shown to give a large negative contribution to the parity nonconserving (PNC) amplitude in heavy atoms. The correction -0.73(20)% found for the 6s-7s PNC amplitude in 133Cs brings the experimental result for this transition into agreement with the standard model. The calculations are based on a new relatio...

We report a high-accuracy direct measurement of the blackbody radiation shift of the 133Cs ground-state hyperfine transition. This frequency shift is one of the largest systematic frequency biases encountered in realizing the current definition of the International System of Units (SI) second. Uncertainty in the blackbody radiation frequency shift correction has led to its being the focus of in...

Stretched hydrogels make uniformly anisotropic environments for quadrupolar nuclei such as 2H, 23Na, and 133Cs. Such surroundings cause the partial alignment of nuclear spin bearing ions molecules that is sufficiently pronounced to alter magnetic resonance spectra guest species. In most cases, splittings are directly related quantum number I. The relative intensities components multiplets can b...

Low-energy universality in atomic few-body systems as a result of a large two-body scattering length has gained a lot of attention recently. Here, I discuss recent progress in describing the three-body recombination of cold atoms in terms of a finite set of universal scaling functions and review results for the recombination length of 133Cs atoms obtained with these functions. Furthermore, I wi...

complexes of benzo-15-crown-5 macrocycle with li+ and cs+ ions were investigated by 7li and 133cs nmr in a number of nonoqueous solutions. the resulting 1:1 complex with li+ ion was found to be much more stable than that with cs+ ion. with the exception of pyridine solutions the stabilities of the complexes varied inversely with the gutmann donor number of the solvents. some indirect evidence f...

We demonstrate quantum control of a large spin angular momentum associated with the F=3 hyperfine ground state of 133Cs. Time-dependent magnetic fields and a static tensor light shift are used to implement near-optimal controls and map a fiducial state to a broad range of target states, with yields in the range 0.8-0.9. Squeezed states are produced also by an adiabatic scheme that is more robus...

We describe our high-resolution measurements of the 133Cs 6p (2)P(3/2) state hyperfine structure. An optically narrowed diode laser excites perpendicularly a highly collimated atomic beam. The spectra are calibrated with a stable reference diode laser using a rf locking scheme allowing us to determine the splittings with an accuracy of < or =2 kHz, an order of magnitude better than previous res...

We simultaneously trap ultracold lithium and cesium atoms in an optical dipole trap formed by the focus of a CO2 laser and study the exchange of thermal energy between the gases. The optically cooled cesium gas efficiently decreases the temperature of the lithium gas through sympathetic cooling. Equilibrium temperatures down to 25 microK have been reached. The measured cross section for thermal...