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Engineering Field-Insensitive Molecular Clock Transitions for Symmetry Violation Searches

Yuiki Takahashi, Chi Zhang, Arian Jadbabaie, and Nicholas R. Hutzler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 183003 – Published 31 October 2023
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Molecules are a powerful platform to probe fundamental symmetry violations beyond the standard model, as they offer both large amplification factors and robustness against systematic errors. As experimental sensitivities improve, it is important to develop new methods to suppress sensitivity to external electromagnetic fields, as limits on the ability to control these fields are a major experimental concern. Here we show that sensitivity to both external magnetic and electric fields can be simultaneously suppressed using engineered radio frequency, microwave, or two-photon transitions that maintain large amplification of CP-violating effects. By performing a clock measurement on these transitions, CP-violating observables including the electron electric dipole moment, nuclear Schiff moment, and magnetic quadrupole moment can be measured with suppression of external field sensitivity of 100 generically, and even more in many cases. Furthermore, the method is compatible with traditional Ramsey measurements, offers internal co-magnetometry, and is useful for systems with large angular momentum commonly present in molecular searches for nuclear CP violation.

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  • Received 27 April 2023
  • Accepted 28 August 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.183003

© 2023 American Physical Society

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Atomic, Molecular & Optical

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Engineering Molecular Transitions for Symmetry-Violation Tests

Published 31 October 2023

Researchers have engineered ultracold molecular transitions ideally suited for probing beyond-standard-model effects of symmetry violations.

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Yuiki Takahashi*, Chi Zhang, Arian Jadbabaie, and Nicholas R. Hutzler

  • Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

  • *yuiki@caltech.edu

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Vol. 131, Iss. 18 — 3 November 2023

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