[W198]: Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz (MIT) - Probing Fundamental Physics with Heavy Radioactive Molecules

[Latin American Webinars on Physics]

Dear colleagues, 

We are about to start our next webinar. Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz (MIT) will talk about Probing Fundamental Physics with Heavy Radioactive Molecules

Abstract: Rapid advances in the control and interrogation of individual atoms and molecules are opening up new opportunities to probe the properties of fundamental particles and their interactions. In particular, molecules containing heavy, radioactive nuclei with reflection-asymmetric shapes offer exceptional sensitivity to parity- and time-reversal-violating effects. Precision measurements in these systems therefore have great potential to explore major open questions in fundamental physics, including the origin of the matter–antimatter asymmetry of the universe, the strong CP problem, and the possible existence of new physics beyond the Standard Model. In this seminar, I will present recent results and future directions in precision studies of these exotic systems, including the first investigations of radium-containing molecules. I will discuss how such molecules are emerging as a powerful new frontier in the search for new physics. 

Join us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK9ufiCQcEI