A SEARCH FOR TIME-REVERSAL SYMMETRY VIOLATION WITH THALLIUM FLUORIDE

Li, Jianhui

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Title

A SEARCH FOR TIME-REVERSAL SYMMETRY VIOLATION WITH THALLIUM FLUORIDE

Author(s)

Li, Jianhui

Contributor(s)

• Kawall, David
• Winick, Tristan
• Demille, David
• Yang, Yuanhang
• Grasdijk, Olivier
• Lamoreaux, Steve
• Timgren, Oskari
• Kastelic, Jakob
• Zelevinsky, Tanya

Issue Date

2023-06-19

Keyword(s)

Fundamental physics

Abstract

The Cold molecule Nuclear Time-Reversal EXperiment (CeNTREX) aims to look for the fundamental time-reversal (T) symmetry violations in the hadronic sector. Violation of T symmetry is a necessary condition to dynamically generate the asymmetry in matter and anti-matter we observe in the universe. Many extensions of the standard model imply additional sources of T-violation larger than the standard model prediction. CeNTREX utilizes Ramsey interferometry on cryogenic beam of thallium fluoride (TlF) molecules to look for shifts in nuclear magnetic resonance frequencies in ²⁰⁵Tl nucleus when it is electrically polarized. To increase sensitivity, CeNTREX employs lasers, microwaves and electric fields to prepare and manipulate molecular quantum states. Laser-induced fluorescence readout of TlF then provides information on T-violating phase acquired during the Ramsey interferometry. We project significant improvements in the experimental upper bounds of various T-violating parameters. Here, we present on the motivation and progress of the experiment as well as the techniques involved.

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122522

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