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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Charlton, Michael, author.

Eriksson, Stefan, author.

Shore, Graham M., author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Physics and Astronomy (SpringerNature-11651)

SpringerBriefs in physics 2191-5423

SpringerBriefs in Physics, 2191-5423

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Quantum field theory.

Gravitation.

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

Local Subjects:

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 95 pages) : 8 illustrations, 3 illustrations in color.

Edition:

First edition 2020.

Contained In:

Springer Nature eBook

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

Fundamental Principles

Antihydrogen

Other Antimatter Species

Summary and Outlook.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-030-51713-7

9783030517137

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