Trapped Charged Particles and Fundamental Interactions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Herfurth, Frank (Editor), Blaum, Habil Klaus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 749
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Nuclear physics.; Atomic structure.; Molecular structure.; Spectra.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Atomic/Molecular Structure and Spectra.

The development of ion traps has spurred significant experimental activities able to link measurable quantities to the most fundamental aspects of physics. The first chapter sets the scene and motivates the use of ion traps with an in-depth survey of the low-energy electroweak sector of the standard...

Table of Contents:

• Low-Energy Precision Tests of Electroweak Theory
• Principles of Ion Traps
• Simulations for Ion Traps Methods and Numerical Implementation
• Simulations for Ion Traps Buffer Gas Cooling
• Highly-charged ions and high-resolution mass spectrometry in a Penning trap
• Fundamental tests with trapped antiprotons.