Editing Molecular physics (section)

=== Current research ===

Within atomic, molecular, and optical physics, there are numerous studies using molecules to verify fundamental constants and probe for [[physics beyond the Standard Model]]. Certain molecular structures are predicted to be sensitive to new physics phenomena, such as [[parity (physics)|parity]]<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.023003 | volume=100 | issue = 2| title=Using Molecules to Measure Nuclear Spin-Dependent Parity Violation | year=2008 | journal=Physical Review Letters | author1 = D. DeMille | author2= S. B. Cahn|author3=D. Murphree|author4=D. A. Rahmlow|author5=M. G. Kozlov| page=023003 | pmid=18232864 | arxiv=0708.2925 | bibcode=2008PhRvL.100b3003D | s2cid=40747565 }}</ref> and [[T-symmetry|time-reversal]]<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.133002 | volume=119 | issue = 13| title=Precision Measurement of Time-Reversal Symmetry Violation with Laser-Cooled Polyatomic Molecules| year=2017 | journal=Physical Review Letters | author1=Ivan Kozyryev |author2=Nicholas R. Hutzler| page=133002 | pmid=29341669 | s2cid=33254969 | doi-access=free | arxiv=1705.11020 | bibcode=2017PhRvL.119m3002K }}</ref> violation. Molecules are also considered a potential future platform for [[Trapped ion quantum computer|trapped ion quantum computing]], as their more complex energy level structure could facilitate higher efficiency encoding of quantum information than individual atoms.<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.050301 | volume=74 | issue = 5| title=Schemes for robust quantum computation with polar molecules| year=1978 | journal=Physical Review Letters | author1=S. F. Yelin|author2=K. Kirby|author3=Robin Côté| page=050301 | arxiv=quant-ph/0602030 | s2cid=115982983 }}</ref> From a chemical physics perspective, [[intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution]] experiments use vibrational spectra to determine how energy is redistributed between different quantum states of a vibrationally excited molecule.<ref>{{cite journal | doi = 10.1016/0009-2614(78)80096-7 | volume=54 | issue = 2| title=Collisionless intramolecular energy transfer in vibrationally excited SF6| year=1978 | journal=Chemical Physics Letters | author1=T.F.Deutsch |author2=S.R.J.Brueck| pages=258–264 }}</ref>