Search for new physics with atoms and molecules

MS Safronova, D Budker, D DeMille, DFJ Kimball… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
This article reviews recent developments in tests of fundamental physics using atoms and
molecules, including the subjects of parity violation, searches for permanent electric dipole …

From a quantum-electrodynamical light–matter description to novel spectroscopies

M Ruggenthaler, N Tancogne-Dejean, J Flick… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Insights from spectroscopic experiments led to the development of quantum mechanics as
the common theoretical framework for describing the physical and chemical properties of …

Proton-electron mass ratio from laser spectroscopy of HD+ at the part-per-trillion level

S Patra, M Germann, JP Karr, M Haidar, L Hilico… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Recent mass measurements of light atomic nuclei in Penning traps have indicated possible
inconsistencies in closely related physical constants such as the proton-electron and …

Precise test of quantum electrodynamics and determination of fundamental constants with HD+ ions

S Alighanbari, GS Giri, FL Constantin, VI Korobov… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Bound three-body quantum systems are important for fundamental physics, because they
enable tests of quantum electrodynamics theory and provide access to the fundamental …

Sub-Doppler Cooling and Compressed Trap** of YO Molecules at Temperatures

S Ding, Y Wu, IA Finneran, JJ Burau, J Ye - Physical Review X, 2020 - APS
Complex molecular structure demands customized solutions to laser cooling by extending
its general set of principles and practices. Compared with other laser-cooled molecules …

Narrow and ultranarrow transitions in highly charged Xe ions as probes of fifth forces

NH Rehbehn, MK Rosner, JC Berengut, PO Schmidt… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Optical frequency metrology in atoms and ions can probe hypothetical fifth forces between
electrons and neutrons by sensing minute perturbations of the electronic wave function …

Precision spectroscopy of positronium: Testing bound-state QED theory and the search for physics beyond the Standard Model

GS Adkins, DB Cassidy, J Pérez-Ríos - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Positronium (Ps) is an exotic hydrogenic atom composed of an electron bound to a positron
via the Coulomb force. Being composed of two low-mass leptons, positronium is, for all …

Proton–electron mass ratio by high-resolution optical spectroscopy of ion ensembles in the resolved-carrier regime

IV Kortunov, S Alighanbari, MG Hansen, GS Giri… - Nature physics, 2021 - nature.com
Optical spectroscopy in the gas phase is a key tool for elucidating the structure of atoms and
molecules and their interaction with external fields. The line resolution is usually limited by a …

Penning trap mass measurements of the deuteron and the HD+ molecular ion

S Rau, F Heiße, F Köhler-Langes, S Sasidharan… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The masses of the lightest atomic nuclei and the electron mass are interlinked, and their
values affect observables in atomic, molecular,–and neutrino physics, as well as metrology …

[HTML][HTML] Hybrid integrated semiconductor lasers with silicon nitride feedback circuits

KJ Boller, A van Rees, Y Fan, J Mak, REM Lammerink… - Photonics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Photonics | Free Full-Text | Hybrid Integrated Semiconductor Lasers with Silicon Nitride
Feedback Circuits Next Article in Journal Numerical Study of Resonant Optical Parametric …