Overview
Background
Jacinda Ginges is a theoretical physicist in the School of Mathematics and Physics at UQ. Her research is directed towards atomic tests of fundamental physics, involving development and application of high-precision many-body methods for heavy atoms. Her areas of expertise include high-precision studies of fundamental symmetries violations (parity, time) and probes of nuclear structure. Atomic parity violation studies provide some of the tightest constraints on possible new physics beyond the standard model of particle physics, complementing searches for new physics at the LHC and dark matter searches. Studies of parity- and time-reversal-violating atomic electric dipole moments tightly constrain possible new sources of CP-violation appearing in theories beyond the standard model.
Positions:
- 2024- Associate Professor, The University of Queensland, Australia
- 2018- Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland, Australia
- 2018-2022 ARC Future Fellow, The University of Queensland, Australia
- 2017 Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, The University of Sydney, Australia
- 2014-2016 Senior Research Associate, UNSW Sydney, Australia
- 2004-2008 ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, UNSW Sydney, Australia
- 2004 Avadh Bhatia Postdoctoral Fellowship for Women, University of Alberta, Canada
Availability
- Associate Professor Jacinda Ginges is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales
Research interests
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High-precision atomic many-body theory
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Quantum electrodynamics corrections to heavy-atom phenomena
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Violations of fundamental symmetries
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Precision tests of the standard model of particle physics and searches for new physics
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Superheavy elements
Works
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Featured
2023
Journal Article
Empirical determination of the Bohr-Weisskopf effect in cesium and improved tests of precision atomic theory in searches for new physics
Sanamyan, G., Roberts, B. M. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2023). Empirical determination of the Bohr-Weisskopf effect in cesium and improved tests of precision atomic theory in searches for new physics. Physical Review Letters, 130 (5) 053001, 1-6. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.053001
Featured
2020
Journal Article
Nuclear magnetic moments of Francium-207–213 from precision hyperfine comparisons
Roberts, B. M. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2020). Nuclear magnetic moments of Francium-207–213 from precision hyperfine comparisons. Physical Review Letters, 125 (6) 063002, 063002. doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.063002
Featured
2005
Journal Article
Radiative potential and calculations of QED radiative corrections to energy levels and electromagnetic amplitudes in many-electron atoms
Flambaum, V. V. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2005). Radiative potential and calculations of QED radiative corrections to energy levels and electromagnetic amplitudes in many-electron atoms. Physical Review A, 72 (5) 052115. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.052115
Featured
2004
Journal Article
Violations of fundamental symmetries in atoms and tests of unification theories of elementary particles
Ginges, J. S. M. and Flambaum, V. V. (2004). Violations of fundamental symmetries in atoms and tests of unification theories of elementary particles. Physics Reports, 397 (2), 63-154. doi: 10.1016/j.physrep.2004.03.005
Featured
2002
Journal Article
High-precision calculation of parity nonconservation in cesium and test of the standard model
Dzuba, V. A., Flambaum, V. V. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2002). High-precision calculation of parity nonconservation in cesium and test of the standard model. Physical Review D, 66 (7) 076013. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.076013
Featured
2002
Journal Article
Nuclear Schiff moment and time-invariance violation in atoms
Flambaum, V. V. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2002). Nuclear Schiff moment and time-invariance violation in atoms. Physical Review E, 65 (3) 032113. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.032113
2024
Journal Article
Opportunities for fundamental physics research with radioactive molecules
Arrowsmith-Kron, Gordon, Athanasakis-Kaklamanakis, Michail, Au, Mia, Ballof, Jochen, Berger, Robert, Borschevsky, Anastasia, Breier, Alexander A., Buchinger, Fritz, Budker, Dmitry, Caldwell, Luke, Charles, Christopher, Dattani, Nike, de Groote, Ruben P., DeMille, David, Dickel, Timo, Dobaczewski, Jacek, Düllmann, Christoph E., Eliav, Ephraim, Engel, Jonathan, Fan, Mingyu, Flambaum, Victor, Flanagan, Kieran T., Gaiser, Alyssa N., Garcia Ruiz, Ronald F., Gaul, Konstantin, Giesen, Thomas F., Ginges, Jacinda S. M., Gottberg, Alexander, Gwinner, Gerald ... Yang, Xiaofei (2024). Opportunities for fundamental physics research with radioactive molecules. Reports on Progress in Physics, 87 (8) 084301, 084301. doi: 10.1088/1361-6633/ad1e39
2023
Journal Article
Electromagnetic moments of the antimony isotopes 112−133Sb
Lechner, S., Miyagi, T., Xu, Z. Y., Bissell, M. L., Blaum, K., Cheal, B., Devlin, C. S., Garcia Ruiz, R. F., Ginges, J. S. M., Heylen, H., Holt, J. D., Imgram, P., Kanellakopoulos, A., Koszorús, Á., Malbrunot-Ettenauer, S., Neugart, R., Neyens, G., Nörtershäuser, W., Plattner, P., Rodríguez, L. V., Sanamyan, G., Stroberg, S. R., Utsuno, Y., Yang, X. F. and Yordanov, D. T. (2023). Electromagnetic moments of the antimony isotopes 112−133Sb. Physics Letters B, 847 138278. doi: 10.1016/j.physletb.2023.138278
2023
Journal Article
Electric-dipole transition amplitudes for atoms and ions with one valence electron
Roberts, B. M., Fairhall, C. J. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2023). Electric-dipole transition amplitudes for atoms and ions with one valence electron. Physical Review A, 107 (5) 052812. doi: 10.1103/physreva.107.052812
2023
Journal Article
Experimental and theoretical study of dynamic polarizabilities in the 5S1/2 – 5D5/2 clock transition in rubidium-87 and determination of electric dipole matrix elements
Hamilton, Rhona, Roberts, Benjamin M., Scholten, Sarah K., Locke, Clayton, Luiten, Andre N., Ginges, Jacinda S.M. and Perrella, Christopher (2023). Experimental and theoretical study of dynamic polarizabilities in the 5S1/2 – 5D5/2 clock transition in rubidium-87 and determination of electric dipole matrix elements. Physical Review Applied, 19 (5) 054059. doi: 10.1103/physrevapplied.19.054059
2023
Journal Article
QED radiative corrections to electric dipole amplitudes in heavy atoms
Fairhall, C. J., Roberts, B. M. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2023). QED radiative corrections to electric dipole amplitudes in heavy atoms. Physical Review A, 107 (2) 022813. doi: 10.1103/physreva.107.022813
2022
Journal Article
Bohr-Weisskopf effect: from hydrogenlike-ion experiments to heavy-atom calculations of the hyperfine structure
Roberts, B. M., Ranclaud, P. G. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2022). Bohr-Weisskopf effect: from hydrogenlike-ion experiments to heavy-atom calculations of the hyperfine structure. Physical Review A, 105 (5) 052802. doi: 10.1103/physreva.105.052802
2022
Journal Article
Comment on “New physics constraints from atomic parity violation in 133Cs ”
Roberts, B. M. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2022). Comment on “New physics constraints from atomic parity violation in 133Cs ”. Physical Review D, 105 (1) 018301. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.105.018301
2021
Journal Article
Hyperfine anomaly in heavy atoms and its role in precision atomic searches for new physics
Roberts, B. M. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2021). Hyperfine anomaly in heavy atoms and its role in precision atomic searches for new physics. Physical Review A, 104 (2) 022823. doi: 10.1103/physreva.104.022823
2019
Journal Article
Correlation trends in the hyperfine structure for Rb, Cs, and Fr, and high-accuracy predictions for hyperfine constants
Grunefeld, S. J., Roberts, B. M. and Ginges, J. S. M. (2019). Correlation trends in the hyperfine structure for Rb, Cs, and Fr, and high-accuracy predictions for hyperfine constants. Physical Review A, 100 (4) 042506, 042506. doi: 10.1103/physreva.100.042506
2018
Journal Article
Screening of an oscillating external electric field in atoms
Dzuba, V. A., Berengut, J. C., Ginges, J. S. M. and Flambaum, V. V. (2018). Screening of an oscillating external electric field in atoms. Physical Review A, 98 (4) 043411. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.043411
2018
Journal Article
Testing atomic wave functions in the nuclear vicinity: the hyperfine structure with empirically deduced nuclear and quantum electrodynamic effects
Ginges, J. S. M. and Volotka, A. V. (2018). Testing atomic wave functions in the nuclear vicinity: the hyperfine structure with empirically deduced nuclear and quantum electrodynamic effects. Physical Review A, 98 (3) 032316. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.98.032504
2017
Journal Article
Ground-state hyperfine splitting for Rb, Cs, Fr, Ba+, and Ra+
Ginges, J. S. M., Volotka, A. V. and Fritzsche, S. (2017). Ground-state hyperfine splitting for Rb, Cs, Fr, Ba+, and Ra+. Physical Review A, 96 (6) 062502. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.96.062502
2016
Journal Article
Atomic many-body effects and Lamb shifts in alkali metals
Ginges, J. S. M. and Berengut, J. C. (2016). Atomic many-body effects and Lamb shifts in alkali metals. Physical Review A, 93 (5) 052509. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.93.052509
2016
Journal Article
QED radiative corrections and many-body effects in atoms: vacuum polarization and binding energy shifts in alkali metals
Ginges, J. S. M. and Berengut, J. C. (2016). QED radiative corrections and many-body effects in atoms: vacuum polarization and binding energy shifts in alkali metals. Journal of Physics B: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, 49 (9) 095001, 095001. doi: 10.1088/0953-4075/49/9/095001
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Jacinda Ginges is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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PhD and Honours projects available.
Several PhD projects are available in our group. Some may be offered also as Honours projects. These projects are in the area of precision atomic theory and they lie at the interface of atomic, nuclear, and particle physics. They include:
- Tests of the standard model of particle physics and searches for new physics at the precision frontier. This includes calculations of atomic parity violation (APV) and time-reversal-violating electric dipole moments (EDMs) for interpretation of precision atomic experiments. Studies of violations of fundamental symmetries in atoms provide some of the most precise tests of the standard model, and they can help to answer some of the big questions of science, including: why is there a dominance of matter over antimatter in our Universe? What is the nature of dark matter? Atomic calculations are needed to interpret precision measurements in terms of fundamental particle physics parameters. It remains a challenge to increase the accuracy of calculations in order to maximise the discovery potential of atomic experiments, and this is a focus of our group.
- Development of precision atomic structure theory in heavy atoms. This includes development of all-orders atomic many-body methods and computer codes, and the combination of quantum electrodynamics and many-body theory. Improving the accuracy and capability of state-of-the-art atomic precision theory for heavy atoms is important for a number of different areas, including in studies of violations of fundamental symmetries (APV and EDMs), in probing the structure of the nucleus, in the study of the physical properties of heavy and superheavy elements, and in metrology including atomic clocks.
- Probing nuclear structure through precision atomic physics. Details of the structure of the nucleus may be revealed in precision studies of the hyperfine structure (HFS) in atoms. Studies of the HFS play an important role in nuclear and atomic physics, as well as in metrology. Indeed, the hyperfine splitting in the ground state of atomic Cs has been measured very precisely, and it defines the unit for time, the second. Comparison of theoretical and measured values of the HFS allows one to probe the structure of the nucleus and the quality of the atomic wave functions in the nuclear region. Our interest in this area is mulit-faceted, and we are devising new ways to better probe and model nuclear magnetic structure in heavy atoms.
- We have other projects available in our group, including studies of the properties of the superheavy elements — those with Z > 104, up to and beyond the heaviest elements of the Periodic Table — and in the area of metrology, in particular atomic clocks.
For further enquiries, please contact Dr. Ginges, j.ginges@uq.edu.au .
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
High-precision atomic theory and searches for new physics
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Roberts
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Doctor Philosophy
Tests of fundamental physics in atoms
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Roberts
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Doctor Philosophy
Searching for new physics in precision atomic experiments
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Roberts
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Doctor Philosophy
Exploring possibilities for dark matter detection via atomic interactions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Roberts
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Simplified Models of New Physics with Dark Matter in GAMBIT
Principal Advisor
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