| Abstract: |
In the light of the ongoing upgrade of the VIP experiment and of other possible similar experiments, in this paper we analyze the Pauli-principle-violating atomic transitions of an electron for a wide class of metal conductors (Cu, Au, Ag, Ge, Pb). We remind that a Pauli-principle-violating atomic transition is defined as a radiative transition towards a final state that is already fully occupied. Of course, such transitions should not normally take place, because of the Pauli principle and these experiments are conceived in order to detect the possible tiny violations of the Pauli principle.
The aim of the present report is to provide the theoretical support to this class of experiments, by calculating the energy shifts that the emitted x-rays would undergo in the case of violation of the Pauli principle. We also provide an estimate for the relative transition rates, discuss the results and describe in some details the program used for the calculations.
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