Polyatomic molecules have been identified as sensitive probes of charge-parity violating and parity violating physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM). For example, many linear triatomic molecules are both laser-coolable and have parity doublets in the ground electronic
We present a study of two-photon pathways for the transfer of NaCs molecules to their rovibrational ground state. Starting from NaCs Feshbach molecules, we perform bound-bound excited state spectroscopy in the wavelength range from 900 nm to 940 nm, covering more than 30 vibrational states of the
- Award ID(s):
- 1848466
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10418067
- Publisher / Repository:
- IOP Publishing
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- New Journal of Physics
- Volume:
- 25
- Issue:
- 5
- ISSN:
- 1367-2630
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- Article No. 053036
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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