Physicists measure a short-lived radioactive molecule for first time

Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 09:20 in Physics & Chemistry

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have combined the power of a super collider with techniques of laser spectroscopy to precisely measure a short-lived radioactive molecule, radium monofluoride, for the first time. Precision studies of radioactive molecules open up possibilities for scientists to search for new physics beyond the Standard Model, such as phenomena that violate […]

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