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Description
The matter-antimatter asymmetry is a long standing problem in physics. Sakharov showed that one requirement to explain this asymmetry is CP violation. To date there has not been sufficient CP violation observed in the Standard Model to fulfill this condition. We propose using novel FrAg molecules which are highly sensitive to hadronic CP violating physics to look for the Fr nuclear Schiff moment. These molecules can be formed by combining laser-cooled atoms using standard techniques done for ultracold bi-alkali molecules. Here we report on progress towards assembling these molecules by understanding the scattering properties of Ag. We report on observed lambda-enhanced gray molasses cooling, trapping in an optical dipole trap and Feshbach resonances. We also report on progress towards a Ag BEC.
| Keyword-1 | CP violation |
|---|---|
| Keyword-2 | Bose Einstein condensate |
| Keyword-3 | Radioactive molecules |