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Radioactive Molecules for Studies of Fundamental Symmetries

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Abstract

Recent advances in precise control and study of molecules have opened up new opportunities for fundamental physics research. Radioactive molecules, in particular, can be artificially created to contain nuclei with extreme proton-to-neutron ratios, providing an extreme sensitivity to symmetry-violating nuclear properties. Precision measurements of these systems can offer unique and complementary laboratories in our search for new physics. In this talk, I will present recent highlights and perspectives from laser spectroscopy experiments on these exotic species.

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Publication: - Wilkins et al. "Observation of the nuclear magnetization distribution effect in a radium-containing molecule" Submitted (2023).<br>- Udrescu et al. "Laser cooling scheme of a radium containing molecule" Submitted (2023).<br>- Udrescu et al. "Isotope Shifts of Radium Monofluoride Molecules". Physical Review Letters 127, 033001 (2021).<br>- Garcia Ruiz et al. "Spectroscopy of Short-lived Radioactive Molecules" Nature 581, 396 (2020).<br>

Presenters

  • Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz

    MIT, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA, MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science

Authors

  • Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz

    MIT, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA, MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science