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Nuclear Schiff moments (NSMs) are sensitive probes for physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, signaling violations of time-reversal and parity-inversion symmetries in atomic nuclei. In this Letter, we report the first-ever calculation of a NSM in a nuclear ab initio framework, employing the no-core shell model to study the fluorine isotope $^{19}$F. We further perform quantum-chemistry calculations to evaluate the sensitivity of the hafnium monofluoride cation, HfF$^+$, to the NSM of $^{19}$F. Combined with recent high-precision measurements of the molecular electric dipole moment of HfF$^+$, our results enable the first experimental bound on the NSM of $^{19}$F. Although the resulting bounds on the pion-nucleon-nucleon ($π$NN) coupling constants are not yet the most stringent, this work establishes the foundation for constraining $π$NN interactions using nuclear ab initio methods.

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Physical Review Letters
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2026-02-26
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https://doi.org/10.1103/m4fx-g1h6
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Nuclear Schiff moments (NSMs) are sensitive probes for physics beyond the Standard Model of particle physics, signaling violations of time-reversal and parity-inversion symmetries in atomic nuclei. In this Letter, we report the first-ever calculation of a NSM in a nuclear ab initio framework, employing the no-core shell model to study the fluorine isotope $^{19}$F. We further perform quantum-chemistry calculations to evaluate the sensitivity of the hafnium monofluoride cation, HfF$^+$, to the NSM of $^{19}$F. Combined with recent high-precision measurements of the molecular electric dipole moment of HfF$^+$, our results enable the first experimental bound on the NSM of $^{19}$F. Although the resulting bounds on the pion-nucleon-nucleon ($π$NN) coupling constants are not yet the most stringent, this work establishes the foundation for constraining $π$NN interactions using nuclear ab initio methods.

Physical Review LettersVol. 136(11)
Johns Hopkins University (US), University of Toronto (CA), McMaster University (CA)
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