Penning traps as a versatile tool for precise experiments in fundamental physics

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-175

  Blaum, K ^a   Novikov, Yu N ^b   Werth, G ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CKM matrix; CPT; Electron; Magnetic moments; Masses; Neutrino; Particles antiparticles; Penning traps; Physics constants; Proton; Standard model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449119440     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510903387652     Document Type: Article

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