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Research Areas
EDM with Molecular Ions
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The purpose of this experiment is to make a precision measurement of the electic dipole moment (EDM) of the electron. Because a finite electron EDM violates time symmetry, and thus by the CPT theorem violates CP symmetry as well, a precision upper bound on an electron EDM constrains modelbuilders. In this experiment we use trapped ThF+ molecular ions and use the intermolecular electric field to greatly enhance a potential electron EDM signal.
Members of ThF+ Gen III
Top row, from left: Jun Ye, Patricia Hector Hernandez, Trevor Wright, Eric Cornell
Front row, from left: Anzhou Wang, Addison Hartman, Sun Yool Park, Kia Boon Ng