Antihydrogen and Fundamental Physics [electronic resource] / by Michael Charlton, Stefan Eriksson, Graham M. Shore.
Material type: TextSeries: SpringerBriefs in PhysicsPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020Edition: 1st ed. 2020Description: VIII, 95 p. 8 illus., 3 illus. in color. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783030517137Subject(s): Elementary particles (Physics) | Quantum field theory | Gravitation | Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory | Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity TheoryAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 539.72 LOC classification: QC793-793.5QC174.45-174.52Online resources: Click here to access onlineIntroduction -- Fundamental Principles -- Antihydrogen -- Other Antimatter Species -- Summary and Outlook.
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.
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