Opportunities for fundamental physics research with radioactive molecules

Gordon Arrowsmith-Kron, Michail Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, Mia Au, Jochen Ballof, Robert Berger, Anastasia Borschevsky, Alexander A. Breier, Fritz Buchinger, Dmitry Budker, Luke Caldwell, Christopher Charles, Nike Dattani, Ruben P. de Groote, David DeMille, Timo Dickel, Jacek Dobaczewski*, Christoph E. Düllmann, Ephraim Eliav, Jonathan Engel, Mingyu FanVictor Flambaum, Kieran T. Flanagan, Alyssa N. Gaiser, Ronald F. Garcia Ruiz*, Konstantin Gaul, Thomas F. Giesen, Jacinda S.M. Ginges, Alexander Gottberg, Gerald Gwinner, Reinhard Heinke, Steven Hoekstra, Jason D. Holt, Nicholas R. Hutzler*, Andrew Jayich*, Jonas Karthein, Kyle G. Leach, Kirk W. Madison, Stephan Malbrunot-Ettenauer, Takayuki Miyagi, Iain D. Moore, Scott Moroch, Petr Navratil, Witold Nazarewicz*, Gerda Neyens, Eric B. Norrgard, Nicholas Nusgart, Lukáš F. Pašteka, Alexander N. Petrov, Wolfgang R. Plaß, Roy A. Ready, Moritz Pascal Reiter, Mikael Reponen, Sebastian Rothe, Marianna S. Safronova, Christoph Scheidenerger, Andrea Shindler, Jaideep T. Singh*, Leonid V. Skripnikov, Anatoly V. Titov, Silviu Marian Udrescu, Shane G. Wilkins, Xiaofei Yang

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Abstract

Molecules containing short-lived, radioactive nuclei are uniquely positioned to enable a wide range of scientific discoveries in the areas of fundamental symmetries, astrophysics, nuclear structure, and chemistry. Recent advances in the ability to create, cool, and control complex molecules down to the quantum level, along with recent and upcoming advances in radioactive species production at several facilities around the world, create a compelling opportunity to coordinate and combine these efforts to bring precision measurement and control to molecules containing extreme nuclei. In this manuscript, we review the scientific case for studying radioactive molecules, discuss recent atomic, molecular, nuclear, astrophysical, and chemical advances which provide the foundation for their study, describe the facilities where these species are and will be produced, and provide an outlook for the future of this nascent field.

Original languageEnglish
Article number084301
JournalReports on Progress in Physics
Volume87
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2024

Keywords

  • astrophysics
  • fundamental symmetries
  • nuclear structure
  • nuclear theory
  • precision measurement
  • radioactive molecules
  • radiochemistry

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