Search for new physics with atoms and molecules

MS Safronova, D Budker, D DeMille, DFJ Kimball… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
This article reviews recent developments in tests of fundamental physics using atoms and
molecules, including the subjects of parity violation, searches for permanent electric dipole …

Optical atomic clocks

AD Ludlow, MM Boyd, J Ye, E Peik, PO Schmidt - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2015 - APS
Optical atomic clocks represent the state of the art in the frontier of modern measurement
science. In this article a detailed review on the development of optical atomic clocks that are …

Search for ultralight dark matter from long-term frequency comparisons of optical and microwave atomic clocks

T Kobayashi, A Takamizawa, D Akamatsu… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We search for ultralight scalar dark matter candidates that induce oscillations of the fine
structure constant, the electron and quark masses, and the quantum chromodynamics …

Quantum test of the universality of free fall

D Schlippert, J Hartwig, H Albers, LL Richardson… - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
We simultaneously measure the gravitationally induced phase shift in two Raman-type
matter-wave interferometers operated with laser-cooled ensembles of Rb 87 and K 39 …

[HTML][HTML] Varying constants, gravitation and cosmology

JP Uzan - Living reviews in relativity, 2011 - Springer
Fundamental constants are a cornerstone of our physical laws. Any constant varying in
space and/or time would reflect the existence of an almost massless field that couples to …

Searching for an oscillating massive scalar field as a dark matter candidate using atomic hyperfine frequency comparisons

A Hees, J Guéna, M Abgrall, S Bize, P Wolf - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
We use 6 yrs of accurate hyperfine frequency comparison data of the dual rubidium and
caesium cold atom fountain FO2 at LNE-SYRTE to search for a massive scalar dark matter …

A quantum memory with telecom-wavelength conversion

AG Radnaev, YO Dudin, R Zhao, HH Jen, SD Jenkins… - Nature Physics, 2010 - nature.com
In a fibre-based quantum information network, telecom-wavelength transmission between
quantum memory elements is required to minimize absorption. Owing to the paucity of …

Matter-gravity couplings and Lorentz violation

VA Kostelecký, JD Tasson - Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation …, 2011 - APS
The gravitational couplings of matter are studied in the presence of Lorentz and CPT
violation. At leading order in the coefficients for Lorentz violation, the relativistic quantum …

Progress in atomic fountains at LNE-SYRTE

J Guéna, M Abgrall, D Rovera, P Laurent… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We give an overview of the work done with the Laboratoire National de Metrologie et
d'Essais-Systemes de Reference Temps-Espace (LNE-SYRTE) fountain ensemble during …

New Limits on Coupling of Fundamental Constants to Gravity Using Optical Lattice Clocks

S Blatt, AD Ludlow, GK Campbell, JW Thomsen… - Physical review …, 2008 - APS
The S 0 1-P 0 3 clock transition frequency ν Sr in neutral Sr 87 has been measured relative
to the Cs standard by three independent laboratories in Boulder, Paris, and Tokyo over the …