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YbOH molecule is one of the most sensitive systems for the electron electric dipole moment ($e$EDM) searches. The $e$EDM-induced energy shift is proportional to polarization ($P$) of the molecule. In Ref. [A. Petrov and A. Zakharova, Phys.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-02-14 Alexander Petrov

Recently an improved limits on the electron electric dipole moment, \eEDM, and dimensionless constant, $k_{T,P}$, characterizing the strength of the T,P-odd pseudoscalar$-$scalar electron$-$nucleus neutral current interaction in the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-01-13 L. V. Skripnikov , A. V. Titov

We investigate the merits of a measurement of the permanent electric dipole moment of the electron ($e$EDM) with barium monofluoride molecules, thereby searching for phenomena of CP violation beyond those incorporated in the Standard Model…

Ultracold polyatomic molecules are promising candidates for experiments in quantum science, quantum sensing, ultracold chemistry, and precision measurements of physics beyond the Standard Model. A key, yet unrealized, requirement of these…

Measurements of the electron's electric dipole moment (eEDM) are demanding tests of physics beyond the Standard Model. We describe how ultracold YbF molecules could be used to improve the precision of eEDM measurements by two to three…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-12-14 N. J. Fitch , J. Lim , E. A. Hinds , B. E. Sauer , M. R. Tarbutt

HfF$^+$ cation is a very promising system to search for the electron electric dipole moment (EDM), and corresponding experiment is carried out by E. Cornell group. Here we theoretically investigate the cation to search for another T,P-odd…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 L. V. Skripnikov , A. V. Titov , V. V. Flambaum

The hydroxyl radical, hereafter referred to as the OH molecule (OHM), carries both electric and magnetic dipole moments and, as a diatomic molecule, admits a comparatively simple and accurate model. This makes it a natural quantum probe for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-01 Luca Previdi , Francesco Albarelli , Matteo G. A. Paris

Permanent electric dipole moments (EDMs) of fundamental particles such as the electron are signatures of parity and time-reversal violation due to physics beyond the standard model. EDM measurements probe new physics at energy scales well…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-10-09 Mohit Verma , Andrew M. Jayich , Amar C. Vutha

A measurement of the magnitude of the electric dipole moment of the electron (eEDM) larger than that predicted by the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics is expected to have a huge impact on the search for physics beyond the SM. Polar…

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 $^3\Delta_1$ level, due to its high polarizability and large EDM…

We explore the possibilities for a next-generation electron-electric-dipole-moment experiment using ultracold heteronuclear diatomic molecules assembled from a combination of radium and another laser-coolable atom. In particular, we…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-01-05 Timo Fleig , David DeMille

We present an updated EDM effective electric field of $E_{\text{eff}} = 75.2\left[\frac{\rm GV}{\rm cm}\right]$ and the electron-nucleon scalar-pseudoscalar interaction constant $W_S=107.8$ [kHz] for the ${^3\Delta}_1$ science state of ThO.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-05-11 Malika Denis , Timo Fleig

We discuss an experiment underway at Imperial College London to measure the permanent electric dipole moment (EDM) of the electron using a molecular beam of YbF. We describe the measurement method, which uses a combination of laser and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-03-04 B. E. Sauer , J. J. Hudson , D. M. Kara , I. J. Smallman , M. R. Tarbutt , E. A. Hinds

A HD-like isotopic dipole moment is proposed as a sensible probe for molecular environments, in particular for electrostatic fields and polarizable (reactive) sites of molecules. Fictitious nuclear masses are chosen in order to yield a…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2018-10-02 José R. Mohallem , Paulo F. G. Velloso , Antonio F. C. Arapiraca

We propose a very sensitive method for measuring the electric dipole moment of the electron using polar molecules embedded in a cryogenic solid matrix of inert-gas atoms. The polar molecules can be oriented in the $\hat{\rm{z}}$ direction…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-01-29 A. C. Vutha , M. Horbatsch , E. A. Hessels

We propose using matrix-isolated paramagnetic diatomic molecules to search for the electric dipole moment of electron (eEDM). As was suggested by Shapiro in 1968, the eEDM leads to a magnetization of a sample in the external electric field.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. G. Kozlov , Andrei Derevianko

We present a theoretical study of the low lying adiabatic relativistic electronic states of lanthanide monohydroxide (Ln-OH) molecules near their linear equilibrium geometries. We focus on heavy, magnetic DyOH and ErOH relevant to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-04-22 Jacek Kłos , Eite Tiesinga , Lan Cheng , Svetlana Kotochigova

The combined all-electron and two-step approach is applied to calculate the molecular parameters which are required to interpret the ongoing experiment to search for the effects of manifestation of the T,P-odd fundamental interactions in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-07-14 L. V. Skripnikov

A quasi-relativistic two-component approach for an efficient calculation of $\mathcal{P,T}$-odd interactions caused by a permanent electric dipole moment of the electron (eEDM) is presented. The approach uses a (two-component) complex…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-12-19 Konstantin Gaul , Robert Berger

Ultracold YbAg molecules have been recently proposed as promising candidates for electron electric dipole moment searches [Verma, Jayich, and Vutha, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 153201 (2020)]. Here, we calculate potential energy curves, permanent…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-03-21 Michał Tomza