Search for New Physics with Cold and Controlled Molecules
A special issue of Atoms (ISSN 2218-2004).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 May 2019) | Viewed by 7290
Special Issue Editors
2. St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI, Prof. Popov Str. 5, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia
Interests: atomic theory; discrete fundamental symmetries; variation of fundamental constants
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Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will highlight remarkable progress that has been achieved recently in control over both internal (electronic, vibrational, spin, and rotational) and external (translational) degrees of freedom for a wide range of molecules. These new techniques allow for much higher precision in measuring tiny effects in molecular spectra connected with possible new physical forces, including exotic spin-dependent interactions and parity (P) and time-reversal invariance (T) violating interactions. This may lead to significant progress in the search for the electron electric dipole moment (eEDM), nuclear anapole and Schiff moments, and axion-like dark matter. We aim to bring together experimentalists and theorists working both on molecular control and cooling of molecules and ions and on the effects related to new physical forces in prospective molecular systems. This Special Issue also provides an opportunity to review new directions in molecular cooling and control, as well as achievements in laser and NMR techniques.
Prof. Dr. Mikhail G. Kozlov
Dr. Timur A. Isaev
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- molecular cooling
- electron electric dipole moment
- electronic structure of molecules
- nuclear magnetic resonance
- chiral molecules
- high-precision spectroscopy
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