ERC Starting Grant · 2023
Precision measurement of parity violation with quantum-controlled and trapped chiral molecular ions
Molecular chirality plays a central role in many fields, ranging from reaction dynamics to drug development. Fundamental questions surround chiral molecules, in particular: Why does a specific handedness prevail in natural living systems? The vast majority of Chemistry textbooks define the two enantiomers of chiral molecules as perfect mirror images, which entails tunnelling conversion between enantiomers. However, a closer look reveals that the non-conservation of spatial inversion exhibited by the weak force should violate the parity symmetry in chiral molecules. In Q-ChiMP, we aim to answer the fundamental question, Is the weak force important in chemistry? To this end, we will realize…
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