First measurement of the parity-violating energy difference between enantiomers

$\Delta E_{\mathrm{PV}} = E(R) - E(S)$ between enantiomers, or the corresponding difference in a vibrational or rotational transition frequency, $\Delta \nu/\nu$. The best direct bound is at the $10^{-13}$ level of relative frequency for the C-F stretch of CHFClBr (Daussy et al., PRL 1999), several orders of magnitude above predictions for that molecule; heavy-atom candidates (Re, Os, Ru, W complexes, scaling roughly as $Z^5$) are predicted to be larger. An answer is a nonzero $\Delta \nu$ or $\Delta E_{\mathrm{PV}}$ with significance above $5\,\sigma$, with sign and magnitude compared to theory.

Ultrastable-laser vibrational spectroscopy of both enantiomers of a heavy-atom chiral molecule, or a time-resolved measurement of parity evolution in parity-selected states, reaching the predicted $\Delta E_{\mathrm{PV}}$.