| 报告题目 | Time reversal and the electron electric dipole moment |
| 报告人 | Prof. Ben Sauer |
| 报告人单位 | 帝国理工学院 |
| 报告时间 | 2018-06-14 |
| 报告地点 | 合肥微尺度物质科学国家研究中心一楼科技展厅 |
| 主办单位 | 合肥微尺度物质科学国家研究中心 |
| 报告介绍 | Abstract：
Measurement of the electric dipole moment of a fundamental particle is one way in which to search for physics beyond the Standard Model. In this talk I will review current experiments which set limits on the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the electron. All these experiments use heavy polar molecules. I will concentrate in particular on the experiment at Imperial College which uses YbF (ytterbium fluoride). The experiment is based on electron spin precession in a strong electric field. I will discuss the measurement technique and how systematic effects are controlled. I will also explain how new techniques of directly laser cooling of molecules have increased the sensitivity of this experiment, and how using these techniques will lead to an ever larger sensitivity increase in the near future. |
