Search for new physics with atoms and molecules
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- 29 June 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Reviews of Modern Physics
- Vol. 90 (2) , 025008
- https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.90.025008
Abstract
This article reviews recent developments in tests of fundamental physics using atoms and molecules, including the subjects of parity violation, searches for permanent electric dipole moments, tests of the theorem and Lorentz symmetry, searches for spatiotemporal variation of fundamental constants, tests of quantum electrodynamics, tests of general relativity and the equivalence principle, searches for dark matter, dark energy, and extra forces, and tests of the spin-statistics theorem. Key results are presented in the context of potential new physics and in the broader context of similar investigations in other fields. Ongoing and future experiments of the next decade are discussed.
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- National Science Foundation (PHY-1506424, PHY-1607396, PHY-1507160, PHY-1404146, PHY-1707875, PHY-1404156, PHY-1620687)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Koselleck)
- Simons Foundation
- H2020 European Research Council (695405)
- John Templeton Foundation
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Heising-Simons Foundation
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