Topical Group on Precision Measurement & Fundamental Constants

The Topical Group on Precision Measurement & Fundamental Constants is a subunit of the American Physical Society. Its objective is to serve as a focus for research related to investigating and testing the fundamental laws of physics and their underlying connections, determining fundamental constants, and developing and improving basic measurement standards, with special emphasis on the high precision experiments that are characteristic of such research.

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Congratulations to Our Newest APS Fellows

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Congratulations to Prize & Award Recipients

2020 Norman F. Ramsey Prize
Phillip Bucksbaum 
Stanford University
"For pioneering explorations of ultrafast strong field physics from the optical to the X-ray regime."

2019 Francis M. Pipkin Award
Tanya Zelevinsky
Columbia University
"For pioneering research on producing ultracold molecules confined in optical lattices and using them for precision spectroscopy, molecular clock techniques, and tests of fundamental physics."

News & Announcements

2020 GPMFC Election
Congratulations to the newly elected incoming GPMFC officers: Mike Snow (Vice Chair), Beatrice Franke (Member At Large) and Joan Marler (Member At Large). Their terms will commence on Oct 1, 2020.

2020 Student Poster Competition
GPMFC will award a "Best Student Poster" award, consisting of a $500 prize, at the APS DAMOP meeting.
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GPMFC Workshops
The next workshop, "Precision-measurement Searches for New Physics", is a one-day live virtual workshop organized by the APS Topical Group on Precision Measurements and Fundamental Constants (GPMFC). It will take place on June 1, 2020 – the day before the DAMOP meeting begins.
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2019 Student Poster Competition
The winner of the best student poster at the 2019 GPMFC Workshop is William Thompson (Yale) “Testing DAMA/LIBRA's Claim of Dark Matter Discovery with COSINE-100”.
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Announcement of a New Section Heading in Physical Review A: "The Fundamental Role of Precision Measurement in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics"

Nominees and award and office holders are expected to meet standards of professional conduct and integrity as described in the APS Ethics Guidelines. Violations of these standards may disqualify people from consideration or lead to revocation of honors or removal from office.