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 …

Antinuclei in heavy-ion collisions

J Chen, D Keane, YG Ma, A Tang, Z Xu - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
We review progress in the study of antinuclei, starting from Dirac's equation and the
discovery of the positron in cosmic-ray events. The development of proton accelerators led …

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 …

High-precision measurement of the atomic mass of the electron

S Sturm, F Köhler, J Zatorski, A Wagner, Z Harman… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The quest for the value of the electron's atomic mass has been the subject of continuing
efforts over the past few decades,,,. Among the seemingly fundamental constants that …

CODATA recommended values of the fundamental physical constants: 2010

PJ Mohr, BN Taylor, DB Newell - Journal of Physical and Chemical …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
1.1. Background This article reports work carried out under the auspices of the Committee
on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Task Group on Fundamental Constants. 1 It …

Probing QED and fundamental constants through laser spectroscopy of vibrational transitions in HD+

J Biesheuvel, JP Karr, L Hilico, KSE Eikema… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The simplest molecules in nature, molecular hydrogen ions in the form of H2+ and HD+,
provide an important benchmark system for tests of quantum electrodynamics in complex …

Test of charged baryon interaction with high-resolution vibrational spectroscopy of molecular hydrogen ions

S Alighanbari, IV Kortunov, GS Giri, S Schiller - Nature Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Molecular hydrogen ions are of high interest in fundamental physics and metrology. In
particular, the long-range baryon–baryon interaction and the degrees of freedom of baryon …

JYFLTRAP: a Penning trap for precision mass spectroscopy and isobaric purification

T Eronen, VS Kolhinen, VV Elomaa, D Gorelov… - Three decades of …, 2014 - Springer
In this article a comprehensive description and performance of the double Penning-trap
setup JYFLTRAP will be detailed. The setup is designed for atomic mass measurements of …

Bounds on fifth forces from precision measurements on molecules

EJ Salumbides, JCJ Koelemeij, J Komasa… - Physical Review D …, 2013 - APS
Highly accurate results from frequency measurements on neutral hydrogen molecules H 2,
HD, and D 2 as well as the HD+ ion can be interpreted in terms of constraints on possible …

High-precision comparison of the antiproton-to-proton charge-to-mass ratio

S Ulmer, C Smorra, A Mooser, K Franke, H Nagahama… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Invariance under the charge, parity, time-reversal (CPT) transformation is one of the
fundamental symmetries of the standard model of particle physics. This CPT invariance …