Measurement of the Electron Electric Dipole Moment (eEDM) using diatomic heavy molecules of Thorium Oxide
Event details
| Date | 07.06.2013 |
| Hour | 14:15 |
| Speaker | Emil Kirilov, Institut für Experimentalphysik Technikerstrasse, Universität Innsbruck, Austria |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Measurement of a non-zero electric dipole moment of the electron within a few orders of magnitude of the current best limit of d_e<1.05X10^-27 e.cm would be an indication of physics beyond the Standard Model. We are searching for an electron EDM by performing a precision measurement of electron spin precession signals from the metastable "H" state of thorium monoxide using a slow, cryogenic beam. The specifically chosen molecule provides the highest known effective intermolecular electric field of 104 GV/cm and therefore serves as a perfect candidate for a eEDM search.
I will discuss the current status of the experiment, some improvements that can be incorporated in the near future and how using the above method we were able to reject a number of systematic errors, which are the usual limitation in precision experiments of that type.
I will discuss the current status of the experiment, some improvements that can be incorporated in the near future and how using the above method we were able to reject a number of systematic errors, which are the usual limitation in precision experiments of that type.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- ICMP (Arnaud Magrez, Raphaël Butté and Woflgang Harbich)
Contact
- K. Holczer and L. Forro