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most citedOpportunities for Fundamental Physics Research with Radioactive Molecules

77 citations · 78 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

physics.chem-ph2026

Rigorous extension of semilocal collinear functionals to noncollinear DFT using rotations

Konstantin Gaul

In the presence of spin-orbit coupling and in geometrically frustrated materials, a noncollinear treatment the magnetization density is essential. However, in density functional th…

physics.chem-ph2025

Multiply charged uranium monoxide as a versatile probe of fundamental physics

Jonas Stricker, Konstantin Gaul, Paul Fischer +8

Multiply charged actinide molecules provide a unique platform to study fundamental physics and the chemical bond under extreme conditions. Beyond the inherently large relativistic…

quant-ph2025

A linear rotor trapped and coupled to the vibrational modes of an ion crystal

Monika Leibscher, Juan M. Garcia-Garrido, Konstantin Gaul +3

When molecular ions are trapped together with atomic ions in a Paul trap, their dipole moment couples the molecular rotation to the joint vibrational motion of the particles in the…

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 structu…

physics.atom-ph2025★ 1 cited

Laser fluence-dependent production of molecular thorium ions in different charge states for trapped-ion experiments

Jonas Stricker, Jean Velten, Valerii Andriushkov +8

Thorium ions and molecules, recognized for their distinctive nuclear and atomic attributes, are central to numerous trapped-ion experiments globally. Our study introduces an effect…

nucl-ex2023★ 77 cited

Opportunities for Fundamental Physics Research with Radioactive Molecules

Gordon Arrowsmith-Kron, Michail Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, Mia Au +59

Molecules containing short-lived, radioactive nuclei are uniquely positioned to enable a wide range of scientific discoveries in the areas of fundamental symmetries, astrophysics,…