Ultracold Amplification Proposal for Parity Violation in Chiral Molecules

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.08717v1
• Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:18:06 GMT
• Title: Ultracold Amplification Proposal for Parity Violation in Chiral Molecules
• Abstract summary: We consider that chiral molecules are formed resonantly via ultracold collisions of achiral diatomic molecules.<n>We propose a theoretical mechanism to indirectly detect the small parity-violating energy difference (PVED) between chiral enantiomers.
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• Abstract: We propose a theoretical mechanism to indirectly detect the small parity-violating energy difference (PVED) between chiral enantiomers through a macroscopic enantiomeric excess observed in an ultracold gas. We consider that chiral molecules are formed resonantly via ultracold collisions of achiral diatomic molecules, with PVED inducing a slight asymmetry in the resonance energies of right- and left-handed configurations. After formation, chiral molecules evolve within a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), incorporating nonlinear interactions, tunneling between enantiomeric states, intrinsic PVED, and thermal conversion rates. These collective dynamics enable amplification of the microscopic bias into a global population imbalance. Using coupled rate equations, we show that, under realistic regimes, a complete enantiomeric excess can be achieved even for extremely small intrinsic asymmetries. We illustrate the model with concrete examples (HSOH, H$_2$Se$_2$, H$_2$Te$_2$), predicting observable enantiomeric excesses under plausible experimental conditions. We also consider non-PVED effects that could be amplified under the proposed mechanism, including electric and magnetic fields as well as thermal fluctuations, the latter being illustrated through the aforementioned molecular examples. Overall, our results suggest that ultracold physics could provide a new pathway to probe molecular parity violation, a fundamental weak effect that remains experimentally undetected.

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