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 …

Two-photon frequency comb spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen

A Grinin, A Matveev, DC Yost, L Maisenbacher, V Wirthl… - Science, 2020 - science.org
We have performed two-photon ultraviolet direct frequency comb spectroscopy on the 1S-3S
transition in atomic hydrogen to illuminate the so-called proton radius puzzle and to …

Colloquium: Laser probing of neutron-rich nuclei in light atoms

ZT Lu, P Mueller, GWF Drake, W Nörtershäuser… - Reviews of Modern …, 2013 - APS
The neutron-rich He 6 and He 8 isotopes exhibit an exotic nuclear structure that consists of a
tightly bound He 4-like core with additional neutrons orbiting at a relatively large distance …

The Rydberg constant and proton size from atomic hydrogen

A Beyer, L Maisenbacher, A Matveev, R Pohl… - Science, 2017 - science.org
At the core of the “proton radius puzzle” is a four–standard deviation discrepancy between
the proton root-mean-square charge radii (rp) determined from the regular hydrogen (H) and …

[HTML][HTML] Survey of hyperfine structure measurements in alkali atoms

M Allegrini, E Arimondo, LA Orozco - Journal of Physical and Chemical …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The spectroscopic hyperfine constants for all the alkali atoms are reported. For atoms from
lithium to cesium, only the long lived atomic isotopes are examined. For francium, the …

Precision Microwave Spectroscopy of the Positronium Fine Structure

L Gurung, TJ Babij, SD Hogan, DB Cassidy - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We report a new measurement of the positronium (Ps) 2 S 3 1→ 2 P 3 0 interval. Slow Ps
atoms, optically excited to the radiatively metastable 2 S 3 1 level, flew through a microwave …

Measurement of the Frequency of the Transition of

X Zheng, YR Sun, JJ Chen, W Jiang, K Pachucki… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
The 2 S 3–2 P 3 transition of He 4 was measured by comb-linked laser spectroscopy using a
transverse-cooled atomic beam. The centroid frequency was determined to be 276 736 495 …

Measurement of Hyperfine Structure and the Zemach Radius in Using Optical Ramsey Technique

W Sun, PP Zhang, P Zhou, S Chen, Z Zhou, Y Huang… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We investigate the 2 S 1 3–2 PJ 3 (J= 0, 1, 2) transitions in Li+ 6 using the optical Ramsey
technique and achieve the most precise values of the hyperfine splittings of the 2 S 1 3 and …

Reconciling mean-squared radius differences in the silver chain through improved measurement and ab initio calculations

B Ohayon, JE Padilla-Castillo, SC Wright, G Meijer… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
Nuclear charge radius differences in the silver isotopic chain have been reported through
different combinations of experiment and theory, exhibiting a tension of two combined …

High-resolution isotope-shift spectroscopy of Cd i

S Hofsäss, JE Padilla-Castillo, SC Wright, S Kray… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
We present absolute frequency measurements of the 1 P 1← 1 S 0 (229-nm) and 3 P 1← 1
S 0 (326-nm) transitions for all naturally occurring isotopes of cadmium. The isotope shifts …