The recently discovered weak neutral current interaction may give rise to observable parity non-conserving effects in atoms. We have calculated the expected magnitude of the optical rotation in bismuth and find values q5pPNC = 3.0 x IO-' and 4 0 x rad for the I. = 876 and 648 nm allowed MI transitions from the ground state.
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