Dreissen Lab

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ERC Starting Grant · 2025

Quantum Enhanced Sensing with Trapped ions for Atomic Parity Violation

The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics classifies the known particles and describes their non-gravitational interactions extremely well. However, it fails to provide answers to various big open questions, such as the origin of dark matter. The QuEST project aims to break new ground in fundamental physics by probing the electroweak (EW) sector of the SM. The weak force is the only fundamental interaction that is known to break spatial mirror symmetry known as parity. In atomic systems, parity violation provides a unique window into electroweak interactions at low energies, complementary to high energy particle physics. However, the signals stemming from atomic parity violation (APV) are…

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