Here you can find information on preprints, refereed papers and PhD Theses from the group.
Preprints
Roman Bause, Nithesh Balasubramanian, Ties Fikkers, Eifion H. Prinsen, Kees Steinebach, Arian Jadbabaie, Nicholas R. Hutzler, I. Agustín Aucar, Lukáš F. Pašteka, Anastasia Borschevsky, Steven Hoekstra
arXiv:2411.00441, 2024
Electric dipole moments and the search for new physics
Ricardo Alarcon, et al
arXiv:2203.08103, 2022
Refereed papers
Manipulating a beam of barium fluoride molecules using an electrostatic hexapole
Anno Touwen, Joost W.F. van Hofslot, Thijs Qualm, Richard Borchers, Roman Bause, Hendrick L. Bethlem, Alexander Boeschoten, Anastasia Borschevsky, Ties H. Fikkers, Steven Hoekstra, Klaus Jungmann, Virginia R. Marshall, Thomas B. Meijknecht, Maarten C. Mooij, Rob G.E. Timmermans, Wim Ubachs, Lorenz Willmann
New Journal of Physics, vol. 26, 2024, p. 073054
Spin-precession method for sensitive electric dipole moment searches
A. Boeschoten, V. R. Marshall, T. B. Meijknecht, A. Touwen, H. L. Bethlem, A. Borschevsky, S. Hoekstra, J. W. F. van Hofslot, K. Jungmann, M. C. Mooij, R. G. E. Timmermans, W. Ubachs, L. Willmann
Phys.Rev.A, vol. 110, arXiv:2303.06402, 2024, pp. L010801
Opportunities for Fundamental Physics Research with Radioactive Molecules
Gordon Arrowsmith-Kron, Michail Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, Mia Au, Jochen Ballof, Robert Berger, Anastasia Borschevsky, Alexander A. Breier, Fritz Buchinger, Dmitry Budker, Luke Caldwell, Christopher Charles, Nike Dattani, Ruben P. de Groote, David DeMille, Timo Dickel, Jacek Dobaczewski, Christoph E. Düllmann, Ephraim Eliav, Jon Engel, Mingyu Fan, Victor Flambaum, Kieran T. Flanagan, Alyssa Gaiser, Ronald Garcia Ruiz, Konstantin Gaul, Thomas F. Giesen, Jacinda Ginges, Alexander Gottberg, Gerald Gwinner, Reinhard Heinke, Steven Hoekstra, Jason D. Holt, Nicholas R. Hutzler, Andrew Jayich, Jonas Karthein, Kyle G. Leach, Kirk Madison, Stephan Malbrunot-Ettenauer, Takayuki Miyagi, Iain D. Moore, Scott Moroch, Petr Navrátil, Witold Nazarewicz, Gerda Neyens, Eric Norrgard, Nicholas Nusgart, Lukáš F. Pašteka, Alexander N. Petrov, Wolfgang Plass, Roy A. Ready, Moritz Pascal Reiter, Mikael Reponen, Sebastian Rothe, Marianna Safronova, Christoph Scheidenberger, Andrea Shindler, Jaideep T. Singh, Leonid V. Skripnikov, Anatoly V. Titov, Silviu-Marian Udrescu, Shane G. Wilkins, Xiaofei Yang
Reports on Progress in Physics, vol. 87, 2024, p. 084301
M C Mooij, H L Bethlem, A Boeschoten, A Borschevsky, K Esajas, T H Fikkers, S Hoekstra, J W F van Hofslot, K Jungmann, V R Marshall, T B Meijknecht, R G E Timmermans, A Touwen, W Ubachs, L Willmann, Y Yin.
New Journal of Physics, vol. 26, 2024, p. 053009
Mass and Shape Determination of Optically Levitated Nanoparticles
Bart Schellenberg, Mina Morshed Behbahani, Nithesh Balasubramanian, Ties H. Fikkers, Steven Hoekstra
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 123(11), 2023
Impacts of Problem-Based Instruction on Students’ Beliefs about Physics and Learning Physics
May Lee, Cormac Larkin, Steven Hoekstra
Education Sciences, vol. 13, 2023, p. 321
The NL-eEDM collaboration:, Malika Denis, Pi A B Haase, Maarten C Mooij, Yuly Chamorro, Parul Aggarwal, Hendrick L Bethlem, Alexander Boeschoten, Anastasia Borschevsky, Kevin Esajas, Yongliang Hao, Steven Hoekstra, Joost W F van Hofslot, Virginia R Marshall, Thomas B Meijknecht, Rob G E Timmermans, Anno Touwen, Wim Ubachs, Lorenz Willmann, Yanning Yin
Physical Review A, vol. 105(5), 2022, p. 052811
Yuly Chamorro, Anastasia Borschevsky, Ephraim Eliav, Nicholas R. Hutzler, Steven Hoekstra, Lukas F. Pasteka
Phys. Rev. A, vol. 106(5), 2022 Nov, p. 052811
A supersonic laser ablation beam source with narrow velocity spreads
P. Aggarwal, H. L. Bethlem, A. Boeschoten, A. Borschevsky, K. Esajas, Y. Hao, S. Hoekstra, K. Jungmann, V. R. Marshall, T. B. Meijknecht, M. C. Mooij, R. G. E. Timmermans, A. Touwen, W. Ubachs, L. Willmann, Y. Yin, A. Zapara
Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 92, 2021, p. 033202
Deceleration and Trapping of SrF Molecules
P. Aggarwal, Y. Yin, K. Esajas, H. L. Bethlem, A. Boeschoten, A. Borschevsky, S. Hoekstra, K. Jungmann, V. R. Marshall, T. B. Meijknecht, M. C. Mooij, R. G. E. Timmermans, A. Touwen, W. Ubachs, L. Willmann
Physical Review Letters, vol. 127, 2021, p. 173201
Systematic study and uncertainty evaluation of P, T-odd molecular enhancement factors in BaF
Pi A B Haase, Diewertje J Doeglas, Alexander Boeschoten, Ephraim Eliav, Miroslav Iliaš, Parul Aggarwal, H L Bethlem, Anastasia Borschevsky, Kevin Esajas, Yongliang Hao, Steven Hoekstra, Virginia R Marshall, Thomas B Meijknecht, Maarten C Mooij, Kees Steinebach, Rob G E Timmermans, Anno P Touwen, Wim Ubachs, Lorenz Willmann, Yanning Yin, (NL-eEDM Collaboration)
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 155, 2021, p. 034309
Mesoscopic interference for metric and curvature & gravitational wave detection
Ryan James Marshman, Anupam Mazumdar, Gavin Morley, Peter F Barker, Steven Hoekstra, Sougato Bose
New Journal of Physics, vol. 22(8), 2020 May 23
Lifetime measurements of the A 2Π1/2 and A 2Π3/2 states in BaF
P Aggarwal, V R Marshall, H L Bethlem, A Boeschoten, A Borschevsky, M Denis, K Esajas, Y Hao, S Hoekstra, K Jungmann, T B Meijknecht, M C Mooij, R G E Timmermans, A Touwen, W Ubachs, S M Vermeulen, L Willmann, Y Yin, A Zapara, NL-eEDM Collaboration
Physical Review A, vol. 100, 2019, p. 052503
High accuracy theoretical investigations of CaF, SrF, and BaF and implications for laser-cooling.
Yongliang Hao, Lukáš F. Pašteka, Lucas Visscher, Parul Aggarwal, Hendrick L. Bethlem, Alexander Boeschoten, Anastasia Borschevsky, Malika Denis, Kevin Esajas, Steven Hoekstra, Klaus Jungmann, Virginia R. Marshall, Thomas B. Meijknecht, Maarten C. Mooij, Rob G. E. Timmermans, Anno Touwen, Wim Ubachs, Lorenz Willmann, Yanning Yin, Artem Zapara
Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 151(3), 2019 Jun 15, p. 034302
Measuring the electric dipole moment of the electron in BaF
The NL-eEDM collaboration:, Parul Aggarwal, Hendrick L Bethlem, Anastasia Borschevsky, Malika Denis, Kevin Esajas, Pi A B Haase, Yongliang Hao, Steven Hoekstra, Klaus Jungmann, Thomas B Meijknecht, Maarten C Mooij, Rob G E Timmermans, Wim Ubachs, Lorenz Willmann, Artem Zapara
The European Physical Journal D, vol. 72, 2018, p. 197
Deceleration of a Supersonic Beam of SrF Molecules to 120 m s−1
Sreekanth C. Mathavan, Artem Zapara, Quinten Esajas, Steven Hoekstra
ChemPhysChem, vol. 17, 2016 Oct, pp. 3709--3713
Juho Karhu, Janko Nauta, Markku Mikael Vainio, Markus Ilari Metsälä, Steven Hoekstra, Lauri Olavi Halonen
Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 144(24), 2016 May 22
Near edge X-ray absorption mass spectrometry on coronene
G. Reitsma, L. Boschman, M. J. Deuzeman, S. Hoekstra, R. Hoekstra, T. Schlathölter
The Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 142, 2015 Jan, p. 024308
Preparation of an ultra-cold sample of ammonia molecules for precision measurements
Marina Quintero-Pérez, Thomas E. Wall, Steven Hoekstra, Hendrick L. Bethlem
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, vol. 300, 2014, pp. 112--115
G. Reitsma, L. Boschman, M. J. Deuzeman, O. González-Magaña, S. Hoekstra, S. Cazaux, R. Hoekstra, T. Schlathölter
Physical Review Letters, vol. 113(5), 2014 Jul 1
Traveling-wave deceleration of SrF molecules
J.E. van den Berg, Sreekanth Chirayath Mathavan, C. Meinema, Janko Nauta, T. H. Nijbroek, Klaus-Peter Jungmann, H. L. Bethlem, Steven Hoekstra
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, vol. 300, 2014 May 1, pp. 22-25
Ra+ ion trapping: toward an atomic parity violation measurement and an optical clock
M. Nuñez Portela, E. A. Dijck, A. Mohanty, H. Bekker, J. E. van den Berg, G. S. Giri, S. Hoekstra, C. J. G. Onderwater, S. Schlesser, R. G. E. Timmermans, Oscar Versolato, L. Willmann, H. W. Wilschut, K. Jungmann
Applied Physics B, vol. 114, 2014 1, pp. 173-182
Static Trapping of Polar Molecules in a Traveling Wave Decelerator
Marina Quintero-Perez, Paul Jansen, Thomas E. Wall, Joost E. van den Berg, Steven Hoekstra, Hendrick L. Bethlem
Physical Review Letters, vol. 110(13), 2013 Feb 27
Laser-cooled RaF as a promising candidate to measure molecular parity violation
T. A. Isaev, Steven Hoekstra, R. Berger
Physical Review A, vol. 82(5), 2010 Oct 24
Reflection of OH molecules from magnetic mirrors
Markus Metsälä, Joop J Gilijamse, Steven Hoekstra, Sebastiaan Y T van de Meerakker, Gerard Meijer
New Journal of Physics, vol. 10(5), 2008 Apr 14
Electrostatic trapping of metastable NH molecules
Steven Hoekstra, Markus Metsälä, Peter C. Zieger, Ludwig Scharfenberg, Joop Jelte Gilijamse, Gerard Meijer, Sebastiaan Y. T. van de Meerakker
Physical Review A, vol. 76(6), 2007 Nov 27
The radiative lifetime of metastable CO (a (3)Pi, v=0)
Joop Jelte Gilijamse, Steven Hoekstra, Samuel A. Meek, Markus Metsälä, Sebastiaan Y. T. van de Meerakker, Gerard Meijer, Gerrit C. Groenenboom
Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 127(22), 2007 Nov 14, pp. 221102-221104
Optical pumping of trapped neutral molecules by blackbody radiation.
Steven Hoekstra, Joop J. Gilijamse, Boris Sartakov, Nicolas Vanhaecke, Ludwig Scharfenberg, Sebastiaan Y. T. van de Meerakker, Gerard Meijer
Physical Review Letters, vol. 98(13), 2007 Feb 30
Near-threshold inelastic collisions using molecular beams with a tunable velocity
Joop J. Gilijamse, Steven Hoekstra, Sebastiaan Y. T. van de Meerakker, Gerrit C. Groenenboom, Gerard Meijer
Science, vol. 313(5793), 2006 Aug 15, pp. 1617-1620
