Search for new physics with atoms and molecules

MS Safronova, D Budker, D DeMille, DFJ Kimball… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
This article reviews recent developments in tests of fundamental physics using atoms and
molecules, including the subjects of parity violation, searches for permanent electric dipole …

Highly charged ions: Optical clocks and applications in fundamental physics

MG Kozlov, MS Safronova… - Reviews of Modern …, 2018 - APS
Recent developments in frequency metrology and optical clocks have been based on
electronic transitions in atoms and singly charged ions as references. The control over all …

QED tests with highly charged ions

P Indelicato - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The current status of bound state quantum electrodynamics calculations of transition
energies for few-electron ions is reviewed. Evaluation of one and two body QED correction …

Atomic structure and collision dynamics with highly charged ions

X Ma, S Zhang, W Wen, Z Huang, Z Hu, D Guo… - Chinese …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The research progresses on the investigations of atomic structure and collision dynamics
with highly charged ions based on the heavy ion storage rings and electron ion beam traps …

Highly charged ions in magnetic fusion plasmas: research opportunities and diagnostic necessities

P Beiersdorfer - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Highly charged ions play a crucial role in magnetic fusion plasmas. These plasmas are
excellent sources for producing highly charged ions and copious amounts of radiation for …

Stringent tests of QED using highly charged ions

VM Shabaev, AI Bondarev, DA Glazov… - Hyperfine …, 2018 - Springer
The present status of tests of QED with highly charged ions is reviewed. The theoretical
predictions for the Lamb shift and the transition energies are compared with available …

High-precision measurements of transition energies and level widths in He- and Be-like argon ions

J Machado, CI Szabo, JP Santos, P Amaro, M Guerra… - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
We performed a reference-free measurement of the transition energies of the 1 s 2 p 1 P 1→
1 s 2 1 S 0 line in He-like argon, and of the 1 s 2 s 2 2 p 1 P 1→ 1 s 2 2 s 2 1 S 0 line in Be …

Retrocausal model of reality for quantum fields

PD Drummond, MD Reid - Physical review research, 2020 - APS
We show that one may interpret physical reality as random fields in space-time. These have
a probability given by the expectation of a coherent state projection operator, called the Q …

Investigating ground-state fine-structure properties to explore suitability of boronlike and galliumlike ions as possible atomic clocks

Y Yu, BK Sahoo - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
We study various properties of the 2 p P 1/2 2− 2 p P 3/2 2 fine-structure splittings in the
boronlike S 11+, Cl 12+, Ar 13+, and K 14+ ions and the 4 p P 1/2 2− 4 p P 3/2 2 fine …

Transition energy measurements in hydrogenlike and heliumlike ions strongly supporting bound-state QED calculations

K Kubiček, PH Mokler, V Mäckel, J Ullrich… - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
For the hydrogenlike Ar 17+ ion, the 1 s Lamb shift was absolutely determined with a 1.4%
accuracy based on Lyman-α wavelength measurements that have negligible uncertainties …