Seminarium Optyczne
sala 0.06, ul. Pasteura 5
Prof. Piotr Wcisło (UMK Toruń)
Cold molecular hydrogen
Due to its simplicity, H2 constitutes a perfect tool for testing fundamental physics: testing quantum electrodynamics, determining fundamental constants, or searching for new physics beyond the Standard Model. H2 has a huge advantage over the other simple calculable systems of having a set of a few hundred ultralong living rovibrational states, which implies the ultimate limit for testing fundamental physics with H2 at a relative accuracy level of 10^-24. The present experiments are far from this limit. I will present our so far results and ongoing projects aimed at exploring this huge potential with cold H2.