Nuclear structure effects in parity non-conservation in heavy ions

Abstract

We calculate the binding energy, charge radii in 129Ba-143Ba and 214Ra-228Ra using the relativistic mean field theory which includes scalar and vector mesons. We then evaluate the nuclear structure corrections to the weak charges for a series of these isotopes using different parameters and estimate their uncertainty in the framework of this model. Our results will have important implication for the ongoing and planned parity nonconservation experiments and atomic structure calculations on Ba+ and Ra+.