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Associate Professor Jacinda Ginges
Associate Professor

Jacinda Ginges

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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

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales

Research interests

  • High-precision atomic many-body theory

  • Quantum electrodynamics corrections to heavy-atom phenomena

  • Violations of fundamental symmetries

  • Precision tests of the standard model of particle physics and searches for new physics

  • Superheavy elements

Works

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36 works between 2000 and 2024

1 - 20 of 36 works

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

Empirical determination of the Bohr-Weisskopf effect in cesium and improved tests of precision atomic theory in searches for new physics

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

Nuclear magnetic moments of Francium-207–213 from precision hyperfine comparisons

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

Radiative potential and calculations of QED radiative corrections to energy levels and electromagnetic amplitudes in many-electron atoms

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

Violations of fundamental symmetries in atoms and tests of unification theories of elementary particles

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

High-precision calculation of parity nonconservation in cesium and test of the standard model

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

Nuclear Schiff moment and time-invariance violation in atoms

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

Opportunities for fundamental physics research with radioactive molecules

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

Electromagnetic moments of the antimony isotopes 112−133Sb

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

Electric-dipole transition amplitudes for atoms and ions with one valence electron

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

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

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

QED radiative corrections to electric dipole amplitudes in heavy atoms

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

Bohr-Weisskopf effect: from hydrogenlike-ion experiments to heavy-atom calculations of the hyperfine structure

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

Comment on “New physics constraints from atomic parity violation in 133Cs ”

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

Hyperfine anomaly in heavy atoms and its role in precision atomic searches for new physics

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

Correlation trends in the hyperfine structure for Rb, Cs, and Fr, and high-accuracy predictions for hyperfine constants

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

Screening of an oscillating external electric field in atoms

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

Testing atomic wave functions in the nuclear vicinity: the hyperfine structure with empirically deduced nuclear and quantum electrodynamic effects

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

Ground-state hyperfine splitting for Rb, Cs, Fr, Ba+, and Ra+

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

Atomic many-body effects and Lamb shifts in alkali metals

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

QED radiative corrections and many-body effects in atoms: vacuum polarization and binding energy shifts in alkali metals

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2030
    Queensland Quantum Decarbonisation Alliance
    Queensland Government Department of Environment, Science and Innovation
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Probing new physics with atomic parity violation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2018 - 2023
    Heavy atoms and ions and precision tests of fundamental physics
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Associate Professor Jacinda Ginges is:
Available for supervision

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Available projects

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    High-precision atomic theory and searches for new physics

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Roberts

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Tests of fundamental physics in atoms

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Roberts

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Searching for new physics in precision atomic experiments

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Roberts

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring possibilities for dark matter detection via atomic interactions

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Benjamin Roberts

Completed supervision

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