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  • Our laser cooling of antihydrogen was selected as the finalists for the 2021 Breakthrough of the Year by Physics World

      Earlier this year, ALPHA collaboration reported the laser cooling of anti-hydrogen using a newly developed laser which produces 121.6 nm wavelength light. This achievement has been choosen as one of the finalists for the 2021 Breakthrough of the Year by Physics World magazine. Read the full list of finalists here   Read More

  • ALPHA collaboration cools antimatter with lasers for the first time

    Canadian-made laser system cools antimatter close to absolute zero for the first time. An international group of researchers at CERN’s ALPHA collaboration have successfully cooled antimatter using lasers for the first time. This achievement, published today and featured on the cover of the journal Nature, details the cooling of antihydrogen to near absolute zero with […] Read More

  • Methyl radical captured for the first time.

    Read the full publication here: Magnetic trapping of methyl radicals Read the Physics today article covering the research here: A Magnetic trap snares methyl radicals Read More

  • ALPHA collaboration reports first measurements of certain quantum effects in antimatter

    https://phys.org/news/2020-02-alpha-collaboration-quantum-effects-antimatter.html Read More

  • Open positions

    We have open Phd positions for the following projects: Cold molecules Alpha Para-H2 UCN Read More

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About the Momose Group

Research in Professor Momose’s group is focused on the spectroscopy and dynamics of cold molecules, atoms, and exotic particles in both ultra-high vacuum and cryogenic environments. His group’s research spans a wide range of interdisciplinary fields in chemistry and physics. Their interests lie in the understanding of quantum processes of atoms and molecules specific to very low temperatures, where pronounced quantum effects emerge from thermal averages, especially those related to astrochemistry and atmospheric chemistry.

In the past decades, the Momose group has established a set of discerning new experimental techniques for the generation of extremely cold molecules as well as unique light sources for their detection and manipulation. Currently, various apparatuses for making cold and ultracold molecules are operational in Prof. Momose’s laboratory in order to explore exotic chemical reactions at very low temperatures. They include Zeeman and Stark decelerators, counter rotating nozzles, parahydrogen matrix system, and helium droplet system.

Prof. Momose’s laboratory is also applying their spectroscopic techniques and cold atoms and molecules to the study of fundamental symmetries in nature such as CPT (Charge, Parity, and Time-Reversal) symmetries and their breakdowns, which is their unique and innovative approach to fundamental physics and sub-atomic physics (SAP). The projects include the parity violation in chiral molecules in relation to homochirality, the CP violation in atoms and neutrons, and the matter-antimatter asymmetry.

 

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