Fundamental Physics with Cold Positronium

Journal Article · Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2977858· OSTI ID:21152359

Cassidy, D B; Tom, H W. K.; Mills, Jr, A P ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Riverside CA 92521 (United States)

The use of positron plasmas to produce intense positron pulses has made it possible to create relatively large instantaneous positronium densities. This in turn provides an opportunity to perform improved precision spectroscopy measurements on positronium that will be limited by systematic rather than statistical effects which will improve present QED positronium tests by orders of magnitude. Further increases in the positronium density will lead to the production of a positronium Bose-Einstein condensate, further increasing the accuracy of such measurements and making it possible to study the phase diagram of a matter-antimatter condensate for the first time.

• OSTI ID: 21152359
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1037, Issue 1; Conference: Workshop on cold antimatter plasmas and application to fundamental physics, Okinawa (Japan), 20-22 Feb 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2977858; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ACCURACY
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION
DENSITY
ELECTRONS
PHASE DIAGRAMS
POSITRONIUM
POSITRONS
PULSES
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
SPECTROSCOPY