Antihydrogen and Fundamental Physics - Michael Charlton, Stefan Eriksson, Graham M. Shore

Antihydrogen and Fundamental Physics

Buch | Softcover
VIII, 95 Seiten
2020 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-51712-0 (ISBN)
53,49 inkl. MwSt

The advent of high-precision antihydrogen spectroscopy has opened up the possibility of direct tests with unprecedented accuracy of some of the most fundamental principles of physics, notably Lorentz and CPT symmetry and the Einstein equivalence principle.
This book reviews these principles, emphasising their interconnections in quantum field theory and general relativity and the special role of antimatter, and explores how they may be tested in current and forthcoming experiments on antihydrogen. Original research results relevant to the experimental programme of the ALPHA collaboration at CERN are presented, together with the implications for antihydrogen of proposed theories featuring novel `fifth-force' interactions.


Michael Charlton, B.Sc., Ph.D. (London), FInstP MAE FLSW, is a Professor of Experimental Physics at Swansea University. He has held Research Fellowships at UCL, Aarhus and Swansea. He is well known for his work with antimatter at low energies, and he was a pioneer in the field of antihydrogen physics. He is the current Vice President (STEMM) of the Learned Society of Wales. Stefan Eriksson, MSc, PhD (University of Helsinki) is Professor of Physics at Swansea University. He has held a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship and a research position at Imperial College. He is well-known for his work in atomic physics and is a senior member of the ALPHA collaboration at CERN. Graham Shore, B.Sc. (Edin), Ph.D. (CANTAB), FLSW, is Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at Swansea University. He has held research positions at Harvard, Cornell, Imperial College, Bern, Geneva, and CERN. He has worked extensively on quantum field theory in curved spacetime and its applications to fundamental particle physics and cosmology.

Introduction.- Fundamental Principles.- Antihydrogen.- Other Antimatter Species.- Summary and Outlook.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie SpringerBriefs in Physics
Zusatzinfo VIII, 95 p. 8 illus., 3 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 171 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Hochenergiephysik / Teilchenphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Quantenphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Relativitätstheorie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
Schlagworte ALPHA collaboration • Antihydrogen Spectroscopy • Antimatter and Gravity • CPT violation • Equivalence Principle • General relativity • Lorentz violation
ISBN-10 3-030-51712-8 / 3030517128
ISBN-13 978-3-030-51712-0 / 9783030517120
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