TY - JOUR
T1 - Electroweak Nuclear Properties from Single Molecular Ions in a Penning Trap
AU - Karthein, Jonas
AU - Udrescu, Silviu-Marian
AU - Moroch, Scott
AU - Belosevic, I.
AU - Blaum, Klaus
AU - Borschevsky, Anastasia
AU - Mena, Yuly Andrea Chamorro
AU - DeMille, David
AU - Dilling, Jens
AU - Garcia Ruiz, R. F.
AU - Hutzler, Nicholas
AU - Pašteka, Lukáš F.
AU - Ringle, Ryan
PY - 2024/7/19
Y1 - 2024/7/19
N2 - We present a novel technique to probe electroweak nuclear properties by measuring parity violation (PV) in single molecular ions in a Penning trap. The trap’s strong magnetic field Zeeman shifts opposite-parity rotational and hyperfine molecular states into near degeneracy. The weak interaction-induced mixing between these degenerate states can be larger than in atoms by more than 12 orders of magnitude, thereby vastly amplifying PV effects. The single molecule sensitivity would be suitable for applications to nuclei across the nuclear chart, including rare and unstable nuclei.
AB - We present a novel technique to probe electroweak nuclear properties by measuring parity violation (PV) in single molecular ions in a Penning trap. The trap’s strong magnetic field Zeeman shifts opposite-parity rotational and hyperfine molecular states into near degeneracy. The weak interaction-induced mixing between these degenerate states can be larger than in atoms by more than 12 orders of magnitude, thereby vastly amplifying PV effects. The single molecule sensitivity would be suitable for applications to nuclei across the nuclear chart, including rare and unstable nuclei.
U2 - 10.1103/physrevlett.133.033003
DO - 10.1103/physrevlett.133.033003
M3 - Article
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 133
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 3
M1 - 033003
ER -