6 papers
Probing the electroweak structure of nuclei with rare atoms and molecules
Silviu-Marian Udrescu, Antoine Belley, Jason D. Holt +2
Precision experiments of atoms and molecules have become a powerful probe of the electroweak structure of atomic nuclei and of physics beyond the Standard Model. We review how the…
Non-destructive cavity readout of molecules for precision measurements
Alejandro Salas-Estrada, Silviu-Marian Udrescu, Geoffrey Zheng +6
We propose a non-destructive method to measure the population of molecules in a selected rotational-hyperfine state by coupling them to a high-finesse optical cavity. In contrast t…
Commissioning the Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy Experiment at FRIB
A. J. Brinson, B. J. Rickey, J. M. Allmond +14
This manuscript reports on the commissioning of the Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy Experiment (RISE) at the BECOLA facility at FRIB. The new instrument implements the collinear…
Observation of the distribution of nuclear magnetization in a molecule
S. G. Wilkins, S. M. Udrescu, M. Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis +33
Rapid progress in the experimental control and interrogation of molecules, combined with developments in precise calculations of their structure, are enabling new opportunities in…
Pinning down electron correlations in RaF via spectroscopy of excited states and high-accuracy relativistic quantum chemistry
M. Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, S. G. Wilkins, L. V. Skripnikov +53
We report the spectroscopy of the 14 lowest excited electronic states in the radioactive molecule radium monofluoride (RaF). The observed excitation energies are compared with full…
Ionization potential of radium monofluoride
S. G. Wilkins, H. A. Perrett, S. M. Udrescu +43
The ionization potential (IP) of radium monofluoride (RaF) was measured to be 4.969(2)[10] eV, revealing a relativistic enhancement in the series of alkaline earth monofluorides. T…