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20242026
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8 papers

hep-ph2026

A Levitated-Magnet Vector Force Sensor for Spin-Dependent Exotic Interactions

Dorian W. P. Amaral, Lei Cong, Tim M. Fuchs +2

We present a magnetically levitated ferromagnetic vector force sensor that enables selective searches for spin-dependent exotic interactions mediated by beyond-Standard-Model boson…

hep-ph2026

The COSMIC WISPers White Paper: The physics case for Weakly Interacting Slim Particles

Ariel Arza, Deniz Aybas, Shyam Balaji +124

Axions and other very weakly interacting slim particles (WISPs), with masses below 1 GeV, arise naturally in many extensions of the Standard Model of particle physics. In particula…

physics.atom-ph2026

Testing Exotic Electron-Electron Interactions with the Helium Ionization-Energy Anomaly

Lei Cong, Filip Ficek, Rinat Abdullin +2

Precision atomic spectroscopy provides a sensitive probe of physics beyond the Standard Model. A recently reported theory-experiment discrepancy in the ionization energy of m…

physics.atom-ph2025

Improved constraints on exotic interactions between electron and proton in hydrogen

Lei Cong, Filip Ficek, Pavel Fadeev +1

Atomic spectroscopy can be used to search for new bosons that carry exotic forces between elementary fermions. A comparison of a recent precise measurement [Bullis \textit{et al.},…

hep-ph2025

Constraints on new vector boson mediated electron-nucleus interactions from spectroscopy of polar diatomic molecules

Konstantin Gaul, Lei Cong, Dmitry Budker

A measurement of parity violation in the hyperfine structure of BaF [E. Altuntaş et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 142501 (2018)] is reinterpreted with electronic struct…

physics.atom-ph2025

Searching for Exotic Interactions between Antimatter

Lei Cong, Filip Ficek, Pavel Fadeev +2

We show that atomic antimatter spectroscopy can be used to search for new bosons that carry spin-dependent exotic forces between antifermions. A comparison of a recent precise meas…