Quantum sensing and metrology for fundamental physics with molecules

D DeMille, NR Hutzler, AM Rey, T Zelevinsky - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Quantum sensing and metrology use coherent superposition states of quantum systems to
detect and measure physical effects of interest. Their sensitivity is typically limited by the …

Minimal Inert Doublet benchmark for dark matter and the baryon asymmetry

MD Astros, S Fabian, F Goertz - Journal of Cosmology and …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
In this article we discuss a minimal extension of the Inert Doublet Model (IDM) with an
effective CP-violating D= 6 operator, involving the inert Higgs and weak gauge bosons, that …

High-sensitivity low-noise photodetector using a large-area silicon photomultiplier

T Masuda, A Hiramoto, DG Ang, C Meisenhelder… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The application of silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) technology for weak-light detection at a
single photon level has expanded thanks to its better photon detection efficiency in …

Measurement of the radiative lifetime in ThO

DG Ang, C Meisenhelder, CD Panda, X Wu, D DeMille… - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
The best limit on the electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) comes from the ACME II
experiment [Nature (London) 562, 355 (2018) 0028-0836 10.1038/s41586-018-0599-8] …

SiPM module for the ACME III electron EDM search

A Hiramoto, T Masuda, DG Ang, C Meisenhelder… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This report shows the design and performance of a large area Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM)
module developed for the detection of fluorescent light emitted from a∼ 1 liter scale volume …

Prospects for measuring the electron's electric dipole moment with polyatomic molecules in an optical lattice

R Bause, N Balasubramanian, T Fikkers… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We present the conceptual design of an experiment to measure the electron's electric dipole
moment (eEDM) using $^{138} $ BaOH molecules in an optical lattice. The BaOH molecule …

Effective electric field associated with the electric dipole moment of the electron for TlF

R Bala, VS Prasannaa, M Abe… - The European Physical …, 2023 - epjplus.epj.org
In this article, we have employed relativistic many-body theory to theoretically assess the
suitability of TlF+ molecular ion in its ground state for electron electric dipole moment …

Manipulating a beam of barium fluoride molecules using an electrostatic hexapole

A Touwen, JWF van Hofslot, T Qualm… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
An electrostatic hexapole lens is used to manipulate the transverse properties of a beam of
barium fluoride molecules from a cryogenic buffer gas source. The spatial distribution of the …

Nuclear and Particle Physics through Quantum Sensing Using Cold Atoms and Molecules

A Kawasaki - arxiv preprint arxiv:2411.19424, 2024 - arxiv.org
As techniques for manipulating single atoms and molecules developed, quantum
technologies witnessed drastic advancements. These technologies are now so mature that …

Progress Towards an Improved Measurement of the Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron

DG Ang - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Abstract The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics is one of the most successful scientific
theories, but is unable to explain fundamental features of the universe such as baryon …