Opportunities for fundamental physics research with radioactive molecules

Gordon Arrowsmith-Kron¹, Michail Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis^{2

3}, Mia Au^{4

5}, Jochen Ballof^{1

6}, Robert Berger⁷, Anastasia Borschevsky⁸, Alexander A Breier⁹, Fritz Buchinger¹⁰, Dmitry Budker^{11

12}, Luke Caldwell^{13

14}, Christopher Charles^{15

16}, Nike Dattani^{17

18}, Ruben P de Groote^{19

20}, David DeMille^{21

22}, Timo Dickel^{23

24}, Jacek Dobaczewski^{25

26}, Christoph E Düllmann^{27

28

29}, Ephraim Eliav³⁰, Jonathan Engel³¹, Mingyu Fan³², Victor Flambaum³³, Kieran T Flanagan³⁴, Alyssa N Gaiser¹, Ronald F Garcia Ruiz³⁵, Konstantin Gaul⁷, Thomas F Giesen⁹, Jacinda S M Ginges³⁶, Alexander Gottberg¹⁵, Gerald Gwinner³⁷, Reinhard Heinke⁴, Steven Hoekstra^{8

38}, Jason D Holt^{15

39}, Nicholas R Hutzler⁴⁰, Andrew Jayich³², Jonas Karthein³⁵, Kyle G Leach^{1

41}, Kirk W Madison⁴², Stephan Malbrunot-Ettenauer^{15

43}, Takayuki Miyagi¹⁵, Iain D Moore⁴⁴, Scott Moroch³⁵, Petr Navratil¹⁵, Witold Nazarewicz⁴⁵, Gerda Neyens³, Eric B Norrgard⁴⁶, Nicholas Nusgart¹, Lukáš F Pašteka^{8

47}, Alexander N Petrov^{48

49}, Wolfgang R Plaß^{23

24}, Roy A Ready³², Moritz Pascal Reiter⁵⁰, Mikael Reponen⁴⁴, Sebastian Rothe⁴, Marianna S Safronova^{51

52}, Christoph Scheidenerger^{23

24

53}, Andrea Shindler⁵⁴, Jaideep T Singh⁵⁵, Leonid V Skripnikov^{48

49}, Anatoly V Titov^{48

49}, Silviu-Marian Udrescu³⁵, Shane G Wilkins³⁵, Xiaofei Yang⁵⁶

Affiliations

¹ Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America.
² Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
³ KU Leuven, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
⁶ Accelerator Systems Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
⁷ Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
⁸ Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁹ Institute of Physics, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany.
¹⁰ McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
¹¹ Helmholtz-Institut, GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung and Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55128, Germany.
¹² Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, United States of America.
¹³ JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America.
¹⁴ Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America.
¹⁵ TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada.
¹⁶ University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N., London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.
¹⁷ HPQC Labs, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁸ HPQC College, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁹ Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
²⁰ Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
²¹ University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
²² Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, United States of America.
²³ GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
²⁴ II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany.
²⁵ School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
²⁶ Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
²⁷ Department of Chemistry-TRIGA Site, Johannes Gutenberg University, Fritz-Strassmann-Weg 2, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
²⁸ GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
²⁹ Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Staudingerweg 18, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
³⁰ School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
³¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255, United States of America.
³² Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States of America.
³³ University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
³⁴ Photon Science Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
³⁵ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America.
³⁶ School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia.
³⁷ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 3M9, Canada.
³⁸ Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³⁹ Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada.
⁴⁰ California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States of America.
⁴¹ Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, United States of America.
⁴² Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z1, Canada.
⁴³ Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴⁴ Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland.
⁴⁵ Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America.
⁴⁶ Sensor Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, United States of America.
⁴⁷ Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
⁴⁸ Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' (NRC 'Kurchatov Institute'-PNPI), 1 Orlova roscha mcr., Gatchina 188300, Leningrad Region, Russia.
⁴⁹ Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
⁵⁰ School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, EH9 3FD Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
⁵¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States of America.
⁵² Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, Gaithersburg, MD 20742, United States of America.
⁵³ Helmholtz Forschungsakademie Hessen für FAIR (HFHF), Campus Gießen, Gießen, Germany.
⁵⁴ Facility for Rare Isotope Beams & Physics Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America.
⁵⁵ Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America.
⁵⁶ School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 38215499
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/ad1e39

Review

Opportunities for fundamental physics research with radioactive molecules

Gordon Arrowsmith-Kron et al. Rep Prog Phys. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 12;87(8).

doi: 10.1088/1361-6633/ad1e39.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America.
² Experimental Physics Department, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
³ KU Leuven, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
⁶ Accelerator Systems Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland.
⁷ Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
⁸ Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁹ Institute of Physics, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany.
¹⁰ McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
¹¹ Helmholtz-Institut, GSI Helmholtzzentrum fur Schwerionenforschung and Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz 55128, Germany.
¹² Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7300, United States of America.
¹³ JILA, NIST and University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America.
¹⁴ Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America.
¹⁵ TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada.
¹⁶ University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St. N., London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.
¹⁷ HPQC Labs, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁸ HPQC College, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁹ Instituut voor Kern- en Stralingsfysica, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
²⁰ Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
²¹ University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
²² Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, United States of America.
²³ GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
²⁴ II. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, 35392 Gießen, Germany.
²⁵ School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
²⁶ Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, PL-02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
²⁷ Department of Chemistry-TRIGA Site, Johannes Gutenberg University, Fritz-Strassmann-Weg 2, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
²⁸ GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstr. 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
²⁹ Helmholtz Institute Mainz, Staudingerweg 18, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
³⁰ School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
³¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255, United States of America.
³² Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States of America.
³³ University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
³⁴ Photon Science Institute, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
³⁵ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, United States of America.
³⁶ School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia.
³⁷ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 3M9, Canada.
³⁸ Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³⁹ Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 2T8, Canada.
⁴⁰ California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, United States of America.
⁴¹ Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, United States of America.
⁴² Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z1, Canada.
⁴³ Department of Physics, University of Toronto, 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴⁴ Accelerator Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland.
⁴⁵ Facility for Rare Isotope Beams and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America.
⁴⁶ Sensor Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, United States of America.
⁴⁷ Department of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
⁴⁸ Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B.P. Konstantinov of National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute' (NRC 'Kurchatov Institute'-PNPI), 1 Orlova roscha mcr., Gatchina 188300, Leningrad Region, Russia.
⁴⁹ Saint Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya nab., St. Petersburg 199034, Russia.
⁵⁰ School of Physics & Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait Road, EH9 3FD Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
⁵¹ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States of America.
⁵² Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, Gaithersburg, MD 20742, United States of America.
⁵³ Helmholtz Forschungsakademie Hessen für FAIR (HFHF), Campus Gießen, Gießen, Germany.
⁵⁴ Facility for Rare Isotope Beams & Physics Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States of America.
⁵⁵ Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America.
⁵⁶ School of Physics and State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 38215499
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/ad1e39

Abstract

Molecules containing short-lived, radioactive nuclei are uniquely positioned to enable a wide range of scientific discoveries in the areas of fundamental symmetries, astrophysics, nuclear structure, and chemistry. Recent advances in the ability to create, cool, and control complex molecules down to the quantum level, along with recent and upcoming advances in radioactive species production at several facilities around the world, create a compelling opportunity to coordinate and combine these efforts to bring precision measurement and control to molecules containing extreme nuclei. In this manuscript, we review the scientific case for studying radioactive molecules, discuss recent atomic, molecular, nuclear, astrophysical, and chemical advances which provide the foundation for their study, describe the facilities where these species are and will be produced, and provide an outlook for the future of this nascent field.

Keywords: astrophysics; fundamental symmetries; nuclear structure; nuclear theory; precision measurement; radioactive molecules; radiochemistry.

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