Colloquium - Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz, MIT

Monday 10 Mar 2025, 15:00 → 16:30 US/Eastern

307 (SERF)

15:00 → 15:30 Tea in the Atrium

15:30 → 16:30 Colloquium

Radioactive Molecules are Dying to Reveal New Physics

Rapid progress in the experimental control and interrogation of molecules is enabling new opportunities for investigating the fundamental laws of our universe. In particular, molecules containing heavy, octupole-deformed nuclei, such as radium, offer enhanced sensitivity for measuring yet-to-be-discovered parity and time-reversal violating nuclear properties. In this colloquium, I will present recent highlights and perspectives from laser spectroscopy experiments on these species, as well as discuss the relevance of these experiments in addressing open problems in nuclear and particle physics.