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Description
In the past few years, the prospect of probing fundamental symmetries with radioactive molecules has generated significant interest in the field of low-energy, high-precision tests of the Standard Model of particle physics. Indeed, tailored molecules containing short-lived radioactive atoms are predicted to be especially sensitive to violations of fundamental symmetries such as a permanent electric dipole moment (EDM) of an electron, nuclear spin-dependent parity violation, or nuclear moments violating both parity (P) and time reversal symmetry (T).
In light of these intriguing physics opportunities, our RadMol collaboration aims to establish a new laboratory dedicated to fundamental physics research using radioactive molecules. Coupled to TRIUMF's radioactive ion beam facilities ISAC and ARIEL, this laboratory will strongly benefit from TRIUMF's unique capabilities in rare-isotope production, especially in its upcoming multi-beam operation. The initial science focus of RadMol will be on molecular electric dipole moments with unprecedented sensitivity to nuclear time-reversal breaking Schiff moments. This talk will present the experimental program of our new radioactive molecule laboratory at TRIUMF, including the most recent results from molecular beam development at TRIUMF.
| Keyword-1 | radioactive molecules |
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| Keyword-2 | EDM searches |
