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 …

Parity and time-reversal violation in atomic systems

BM Roberts, VA Dzuba… - Annual Review of Nuclear …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Studying the violation of parity and time-reversal invariance in atomic systems has proven to
be a very effective means of testing the electroweak theory at low energy and searching for …

First-generation new physics in simplified models: from low-energy parity violation to the LHC

A Crivellin, M Hoferichter, M Kirk, CA Manzari… - Journal of High Energy …, 2021 - Springer
A bstract New-physics (NP) constraints on first-generation quark-lepton interactions are
particularly interesting given the large number of complementary processes and …

Low weak mixing angle measurements and rare Higgs decays

H Davoudiasl, HS Lee, WJ Marciano - Physical Review D, 2015 - APS
A weighted average weak mixing angle θ W derived from relatively low Q 2 experiments is
compared with the standard model prediction obtained from precision measurements. The …

Parity-violating interactions of cosmic fields with atoms, molecules, and nuclei: Concepts and calculations for laboratory searches and extracting limits

BM Roberts, YV Stadnik, VA Dzuba, VV Flambaum… - Physical Review D, 2014 - APS
We propose methods and present calculations that can be used to search for evidence of
cosmic fields by investigating the parity-violating effects, including parity nonconservation …

Electric-dipole transition amplitudes for atoms and ions with one valence electron

BM Roberts, CJ Fairhall, JSM Ginges - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Motivated by recent measurements for several alkali-metal atoms and alkali-metal-like ions,
we perform a detailed study of electric dipole (E 1) transition amplitudes in K, Ca+, Rb, Sr+ …

Future DUNE constraints on EFT

A Falkowski, G Grilli di Cortona, Z Tabrizi - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018 - Springer
A bstract In the near future, fundamental interactions at high-energy scales may be most
efficiently studied via precision measurements at low energies. A universal language to …

Searching for electric dipole moments

K Jungmann - Annalen der Physik, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Searches for a permanent Electric Dipole Moment (EDM) of a fundamental particle provide a
wide window for the discovery of potential New Physics. Within todays Standard Model in …

Implications of W-boson mass anomaly for atomic parity violation

HB Tran Tan, A Derevianko - Atoms, 2022 - mdpi.com
We consider the implications of the recent measurement of the W-boson mass MW=
80,433.5±9.4 MeV/c 2 for atomic parity violation experiments. We show that the change in …

Magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole moments of the Th nucleus

MS Safronova, UI Safronova, AG Radnaev… - Physical Review A, 2013 - APS
We determine the magnetic dipole μ= 0.360 (7) μ N and the electric quadrupole Q= 3.11 (6)
eb moments of the 229 Th nucleus by combining our high-precision calculations of the …