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physics.chem-ph2023★ 1 cited

Towards detection of molecular parity violation by microwave spectroscopy of CpRe(CH)(CO)(NO)

Nityananda Sahu, Konstantin Gaul, Anke Wilm +2

Parity-violating differences in rotational constants of a chiral 5d transition metal complex, that was previously experimentally well-characterised by broad-band microwave spectros…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 12 cited

Relativistic and QED corrections to one-bond indirect nulcear spin-spin couplings in X and X ions (X = Zn, Cd, Hg)

Mariano Colombo Jofré, Karol Kozioł, I. Agustín Aucar +3

The indirect nuclear spin-spin coupling tensor, , between mercury nuclei in Hg-containing systems can be of the order of few kHz and one of the largest measured. We cond…

physics.chem-ph2022★ 11 cited

Cool molecular highly charged ions for precision tests of fundamental physics

Carsten Zülch, Konstantin Gaul, Steffen M. Giesen +2

Molecules and atomic highly charged ions provide powerful low-energy probes of the fundamental laws of physics: Polar molecules possess internal fields suitable to enhance fundamen…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 13 cited

Quasi-relativistic approach to analytical gradients of parity violating potentials

Sascha A Brück, Nityananda Sahu, Konstantin Gaul +1

An analytic gradient approach for the computation of derivatives of parity-violating (PV) potentials with respect to displacements of the nuclei in chiral molecules is described an…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 12 cited

A new route for enantio-sensitive structure determination by photoelectron scattering on molecules in the gas phase

K. Fehre, N. M. Novikovskiy, S. Grundmann +28

X-ray as well as electron diffraction are powerful tools for structure determination of molecules. Studies on randomly oriented molecules in the gas-phase address cases in which mo…

physics.chem-ph2020★ 16 cited

Parity nonconserving interactions of electrons in chiral molecules with cosmic fields

Konstantin Gaul, Mikhail G. Kozlov, Timur A. Isaev +1

Pseudoscalar or pseudovector cosmic fields, that serve as a source of parity () violation, are invoked in different models for cold dark matter or in the standard mode…

physics.chem-ph2020★ 36 cited

High-resolution resonance-enhanced multiphoton photoelectron circular dichroism

Alexander Kastner, Greta Koumarianou, Pavle Glodic +13

Photoelectron circular dichroism (PECD) is a highly sensitive enantiospecific spectroscopy for studying chiral molecules in the gas phase using either single-photon ionization or m…

physics.chem-ph2019★ 33 cited

Toolbox approach for quasi-relativistic calculation of molecular properties for precision tests of fundamental physics

Konstantin Gaul, Robert Berger

A generally applicable approach for the calculation of relativistic one-electron properties with two-component wave functions is presented. The formalism is explicitly evaluated fo…

physics.chem-ph2018★ 46 cited

Ab initio study of parity and time-reversal violation in laser-coolable triatomic molecules

Konstantin Gaul, Robert Berger

Electronic structure enhancement factors of simultaneous parity and time-reversal violation (-violation) caused by an electric dipole moment of the electron (eEDM) a…

physics.chem-ph2018★ 42 cited

Systematic study of relativistic and chemical enhancements of -odd effects in polar diatomic radicals

Konstantin Gaul, Sebastian Marquardt, Timur Isaev +1

Polar diatomic molecules that have, or are expected to have a -ground state are studied systematically with respect to simultaneous violation of parity and…

physics.chem-ph2017★ 22 cited

Zeroth order regular approximation approach to electric dipole moment interactions of the electron

Konstantin Gaul, Robert Berger

A quasi-relativistic two-component approach for an efficient calculation of -odd interactions caused by a permanent electric dipole moment of the electron (eEDM) is…

physics.chem-ph2016★ 18 cited

Stereochemical configuration and selective excitation of the chiral molecule halothane

Martin Pitzer, Gregor Kastirke, Phillip Burzynski +12

X-ray single-photon ionization and fragmentation of the chiral molecule halothane (CHBrClCF) from a racemic mixture have been investigated using the COLTRIMS (Cold Target R…

physics.chem-ph2015★ 148 cited

Polyatomic candidates for cooling of molecules with lasers from simple theoretical concepts

Timur Isaev, Robert Berger

A rational approach to identify polyatomic molecules that appear to be promising candidates for direct Doppler cooling with lasers is outlined. First-principle calculations for equ…

physics.chem-ph2013★ 20 cited

Parity violation in nuclear magnetic resonance frequencies of chiral tetrahedral tungsten complexes NWXYZ (X, Y, Z = H, F, Cl, Br or I)

Sophie Nahrwold, Robert Berger, Peter Schwerdtfeger

Density functional theory within the two-component quasi-relativistic zeroth-order regular approximation (ZORA) is used to predict parity violation shifts in 183W nuclear magnetic…

physics.chem-ph2011★ 3 cited

Cumulant expansion for fast estimate of non-Condon effects in vibronic transition profiles

Joonsuk Huh, Robert Berger

When existing, cumulants can provide valuable information about a given distribution and can in principle be used to either fully reconstruct or approximate the parent distribution…