Laser Irradiated Enhancement of the Atomic Electron Capture Rate in Search of New Physics

DOI10.1143/PTP.117.401MaRDI QIDQ3591589zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Takaaki Nomura, Joe Sato, Takashi Shimomura

Publication date 11 September 2007

Published in Progress of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0605031

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Atomic physics (81V45) Quantum optics (81V80)

Abstract: Electron capture processes are important in the search for new physics. In this context, a high capture rate is desired. We investigate the possibility of enhancing the electron capture rate by irradiating laser beam to atom. The possibility of such enhancement can be understood as a consequence of an enhancement of the electron wave function at the origin, $Psi(0)$, through an increased effective mass of the electron. We find that an order of magnitude enhancement can be realized by using a laser with intensity on the order of $10^{10}$ W/mm${}^2$ and a photon energy on the order of $10^{-3}$ eV.

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