TCP 2006

by Dilling, J.; Comyn, Martin; Thomson, Jana; Gwinner, Gerald

• ISBN13: 9783540734659
• ISBN10: 3540734651
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-28
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

The TCP06 conference in Parksville on Vancouver Island showcased the impressive progress in the study of fundamental physics using trapped charged particles. Atom and ion trapping has revolutionized atomic physics and related fields. It has proven to be particularly useful for fundamental physics experiments, as the tight control over the particles' degrees of freedom leads to increased precision and efficient use of exotic species such as radioactive atoms or anti-matter. The topics of the meeting included fundamental interactions and symmetries, quantum electrodynamics, quantum state manipulation and quantum information, precision spectroscopy and frequency standards, storage ring physics, highly charged ions in traps, traps for radioactive isotopes, plasmas and collective behaviour, and anti-hydrogen. Highlights from related fields such as fundamental physics studies with neutral, trapped atoms were also presented. The combination of overview articles by leaders in the field and detailed reports on recent research results will without doubt make these proceedings an extremely useful reference for researchers within the community, but also for those who study similar physics with different techniques, or use trapping methods for different purposes.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 1
Fundamental Interactions and Symmetries
Fundamental interactions	p. 5
The WITCH experiment: towards weak interactions studies. Status and prospects	p. 15
Unitariry of the CKM matrix	p. 23
The LPCTrap experiment: measurement of the [beta]-[nu] angular correlation in [superscript 6]He using a transparent Paul trap	p. 29
Light, ion EDM search in magnetic storage rings	p. 35
Towards a new measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment	p. 41
Fundamental symmetries studies with cold trapped francium atoms at ISAC	p. 45
Anti-Hydrogen
Ground-state hyperfine splitting of antihydrogen	p. 53
Breaking of CPT and Lorentz symmetries	p. 63
FLAIR - a facility for low-energy antiproton and ion research	p. 71
Towards antihydrogen confinement with the ALPHA antihydrogen trap	p. 81
ATRAP antihydrogen experiments and update	p. 91
Production of slow protonium in vacuum	p. 97
Proposed measurement of the ground-state hyperfine structure of antihydrogen	p. 107
Progress in stored ion beam experiments on atomic and molecular processes	p. 111
QED Effects / Fundamental Interactions
Tests of quantum electrodynamics using ion traps	p. 125
Ground state Lamb-shift of heavy hydrogen-like ions: status and perspectives	p. 135
Studies of light halo nuclei by the isotope shift method	p. 141
Unified approach to dispersion forces within macroscopic QED	p. 149
Storage Ring Physics
Beta decay of highly charged ions	p. 157
Atomic spectroscopy of trapped, highly charged, heavy ions	p. 169
Direct mass measurements of exotic nuclei at the FRS-ESR facility at GSI	p. 175
Simulating the stopping dynamics of highly charged ions in an ultra-cold, strongly coupled plasma	p. 183
The cyclotron gas stopper project at the NSCL	p. 191
Ion detection from beta decay and two-body decay experiments with laser-cooled atoms	p. 197
A new experimental approach for isochronous mass measurements of short-lived exotic nuclei with the FRS-ESR facility	p. 205
Direct mass measurements of neutron-deficient [superscript 152]Sm projectile fragments at the FRS-ESR facility	p. 211
Isobar separation at FRS-ESR - a development towards pure isomeric stored beams	p. 217
Enhanced electron-ion recombination in ion storage rings. Influence of transient field effects	p. 223
Highly Charged Ions in Traps
Q value related mass determinations using a Penning trap	p. 229
A high-current electron beam ion trap as an on-line charge breeder for the high precision mass measurement TITAN experiment	p. 241
The HITRAP project at GSI: trapping and cooling of highly-charged ions in a Penning trap	p. 249
A cooler ion trap for the TITAN on-line trapping facility at TRIUMF	p. 259
Traps for Radioactive Isotopes
The LEBIT facility at MSU. High-precision mass measurements at a fragmentation facility	p. 269
The TITAN mass measurement facility at TRIUMF-ISAC	p. 279
Mass measurements in the endpoint region of the rp-process at SHIPTRAP	p. 289
Experimental studies at JYFLTRAP. Recent data on superallowed beta decays and progress in trap-assisted spectroscopy	p. 299
Laser spectroscopy of trapped [superscript 7]Be and [superscript 10]Be at a prototype slow RI-beam facility of RIKEN	p. 309
Beam purification techniques for low energy rare isotope beams from a gas cell	p. 321
First tests of the TITAN digital RFQ beam cooler and buncher	p. 327
A new Channeltron-detector setup for precision mass measurements at Isoltrap	p. 337
Towards cooling of high-intensity ion beams	p. 351
Quantum State Manipulation and Quantum Information Technical Developments
Towards scaling up trapped ion quantum information processing	p. 357
Octupolar excitation of ion motion in a penning trap	p. 365
The LPCTrap facility for in-trap decay experiments	p. 371
Space charge effects on stopped projectile fragment drift in gas	p. 377
[superscript 26]Al beam production by a solid state laser ion source at TRIUMF	p. 383
Segmented linear radiofrequency quadrupole/laser ion source project at TRIUMF	p. 389
Motional frequencies in a planar Penning trap	p. 397
Precision Spectroscopy and Frequency Standards
The UW-PTMS. Recent measurements and technological progress	p. 403
Optical clock and ultracold collisions with trapped strontium atoms	p. 411
Precision mass spectrometry and polarizability shifts with one and two ions in a penning trap	p. 421
Plasmas and Collective Behaviour
Formation of a symmetric vortex configuration in a pure electron plasma trapped with a penning trap	p. 427
Axial resonances of Ar[superscript +] ions observed in a linear Paul trap	p. 433
Hot electron plasmas trapped in helical magnetic surfaces	p. 439
A Penning trap with radial magnetic field	p. 445
Status of the TRI[mu]P project. Results of commissioning experiments	p. 453
Author Index
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