On Measuring the Electron Electric Dipole Moment in Trapped Molecular Ions
Atomic Physics
2011-07-19 v3
Abstract
Trapped diatomic molecular ions could prove to be a sensitive probe for a permanent electron electric dipole moment (eEDM). We propose to use a ground or metastable level, due to its high polarizability and large EDM enhancement factor. Ions allow for simple trapping and long interrogation times, but require a time-varying electric bias field in order to probe the eEDM. We discuss experimental design as well as challenges in performing a precision spectroscopic measurement in rapidly time-varying electric fields.
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@article{arxiv.1008.2997,
title = {On Measuring the Electron Electric Dipole Moment in Trapped Molecular Ions},
author = {Aaron E. Leanhardt and John L. Bohn and Huanqian Loh and Patrick Maletinsky and Edmund R. Meyer and Laura C. Sinclair and Russell P. Stutz and Eric A. Cornell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.2997},
year = {2011}
}
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39 pages, 12 figures, 2 tables