CALCULATION OF PARITY-NONCONSERVING OPTICAL-ROTATION IN ATOMIC BISMUTH

Using results of the Weinberg-Salam model, we have calculated in lowest order the magnitude of the optical rotation parameter Im(E1M1) in atomic bismuth for the four allowed M1 transitions from the ground state within the configuration 6s26p3. Results based on Dirac-Hartree-Fock orbitals are found to vary significantly according to the form used for the electric dipole operator in the E1 matrix element. This is interpreted as evidence for large correlation effects. © 1979 The American Physical Society.