Colloquium: Search for a drifting proton-electron mass ratio from

W Ubachs, J Bagdonaite, EJ Salumbides… - Reviews of Modern …, 2016 - APS
An overview is presented of the H 2 quasar absorption method to search for a possible
variation of the proton-electron mass ratio μ= mp/me on a cosmological time scale. The …

Fundamental vibration of molecular hydrogen

GD Dickenson, ML Niu, EJ Salumbides, J Komasa… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
The fundamental ground tone vibration of H 2, HD, and D 2 is determined to an accuracy
of<? format?> 2× 10-4 cm-1 from Doppler-free laser spectroscopy in the collisionless …

[HTML][HTML] Physics beyond the Standard Model from hydrogen spectroscopy

W Ubachs, JCJ Koelemeij, KSE Eikema… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Spectroscopy of hydrogen can be used for a search into physics beyond the Standard
Model. Differences between the absorption spectra of the Lyman and Werner bands of H 2 …

Microwave and submillimeter molecular transitions and their dependence on fundamental constants

MG Kozlov, SA Levshakov - Annalen der Physik, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Microwave and submillimeter molecular transition frequencies between nearly degenerated
rotational levels, tunneling transitions, and mixed tunneling‐rotational transitions show an …

Perspective: Tip** the scales: Search for drifting constants from molecular spectra

P Jansen, HL Bethlem, W Ubachs - The Journal of chemical physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Transitions in atoms and molecules provide an ideal test ground for constraining or
detecting a possible variation of the fundamental constants of nature. In this perspective, we …

Keck telescope constraint on cosmological variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio

AL Malec, R Buning, MT Murphy… - Monthly Notices of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Molecular transitions recently discovered at redshift z abs= 2.059 towards the bright
background quasar J2123− 0050 are analysed to limit cosmological variation in the proton …

Precision spectroscopy of the X1Σg+, v= 0→ 1 (J= 0–2) rovibrational splittings in H2, HD and D2

ML Niu, EJ Salumbides, GD Dickenson… - Journal of Molecular …, 2014 - Elsevier
Accurate experimental values for the vibrational ground tone or fundamental vibrational
energy splitting of H 2, HD, and D 2 are presented. Absolute accuracies of 2× 10-4 cm− 1 …

Accurate level energies in the EF1, GK1, H1, B1, B′ 1, J1Δg states of H2

D Bailly, EJ Salumbides, M Vervloet… - Molecular Physics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
By combining results from a Doppler-free two-photon laser excitation study on several lines
in the EF1− X1 (0, 0) band of H2 with results from a Fourier-transform spectroscopic study on …

QED Effects in Molecules: Test on Rotational Quantum States of

EJ Salumbides, GD Dickenson, TI Ivanov, W Ubachs - Physical review letters, 2011 - APS
Quantum electrodynamic effects have been systematically tested in the progression of
rotational quantum states in the X Σ g+ 1, v= 0 vibronic ground state of molecular hydrogen …

Toward a unique nitrogen isotopic ratio in cometary ices

P Rousselot, O Pirali, E Jehin, M Vervloet… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Determination of the nitrogen isotopic ratios in different bodies of the solar system provides
important information regarding the solar system's origin. We unambiguously identified …