Mandatory master seminar, WS11/12
Stored ion physics - from fundamental interactions to applied science
Philos.-weg 12 / kHS
weekly, Fri. 14.15 - 16.00
First seminar: 14. October 2011
Information
- Moodle course
- Language: English
- ECTS points: 6
- Prerequisites: basic knowledge of atomic physics from the bachelor program
- Content: current research topics in the field of basic and applied physics with stored ions and ion beams
- Proof of performance: 45 min talk on agreed topic, submission of presentation plus 4-5 pages write-up
- Literature: initial information on the individual study of the literature (original literature) is given for each lecture topic
List of topics
Note: topics in bold face have already been assigned.
- 28.10.11: Delayed decay in large excited molecules and clusters
- Test of special relativity in a storage ring
- 03.02.12: The magnetic moment of the electron - please note change of date!
- Antihydrogen - from production to fundamental studies
- Cooling of molecular vibration and rotation by electrons
- Recombination of electrons and positive ions
- Highly-charged ions in a Penning trap - from tests of bound-state QED to the electron mass
- 25.11.11: Weak interaction studies using trapped ions
- High-resolution optical spectroscopy - from beam to trap experiments
- Precision mass measurements for nucleosynthesis studies
- Electron ion recombination and nuclear properties
- Storage ring mass measurements of stable and unstable nuclei
- Precision radiative lifetime measurements using storage rings