Trapped Charged Particles and Fundamental Interactions

1. Front Matter

   Pages 1-8

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2. Low-Energy Precision Tests of Electroweak Theory

   • R.G.E. Timmermans

   Pages 1-30

3. Principles of Ion Traps

   • G. Werth

   Pages 1-37

4. Simulations for Ion Traps Methods and Numerical Implementation

   • G. Zwicknagel

   Pages 1-28

5. Simulations for Ion Traps Buffer Gas Cooling

   • S. Schwarz

   Pages 1-21

6. Highly-charged ions and high-resolution mass spectrometry in a Penning trap

   • Sz. Nagy, K. Blaum, R. Schuch

   Pages 1-36

7. Fundamental tests with trapped antiprotons

   • E Widmann

   Pages 1-34

8. Back Matter

   Pages 1-4

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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 model amenable to precision test. The next parts then introduce and review aspects of the theory, simulation and experimental implementation of such traps. Last but not least, two important applications, namely high resolution mass spectrometry in Penning traps and tests of fundamental physics - such as the CPT theorem - with trapped antiprotons are discussed. This volume bridges the gap between the graduate textbook and the research literature and will assist graduate students and newcomers to the field in quickly entering and mastering the subject matter.

• CPT theorem
• antiprotons
• highly-charged ions
• ion traps
• mass spectronomy
• particles
• simulation

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