Abstract: | We have evaluated the parity-violation contribution in atoms in the framework of SO(3) gauge theory. Various hadronic models have been used: first, for simplicity, the unrealistic five-quark one, next, others involving three ordinary SU(3) triplets for which all unwanted strangeness-changing processes are suppressed, up to order . In the free quark approximation, we obtain quite similar parity-violation effects which are proportional to (ΔM2 is the difference of squared masses of leptons (MX02 ? Mν2 = MX02), or of quarks (ΔMq2)). Namely, in large atoms (Z ? 1) the electronic contribution which is proportional to gives the largest effect (are the spin, momentum operators and mass of the lepton). Parity-violating effects in SO(3) gauge models are ?10?4 smaller than those evaluated in the Weinberg theory with a neutral parity-violating current and will remain undetectable in the near future. |