Testing quantum electrodynamics in extreme fields using helium-like uranium.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 07 06 2023
accepted: 28 11 2023
medline: 25 1 2024
pubmed: 25 1 2024
entrez: 24 1 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Quantum electrodynamics (QED), the quantum field theory that describes the interaction between light and matter, is commonly regarded as the best-tested quantum theory in modern physics. However, this claim is mostly based on extremely precise studies performed in the domain of relatively low field strengths and light atoms and ions

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pubmed: 38267680
doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06910-y
pii: 10.1038/s41586-023-06910-y
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Journal Article

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eng

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Pagination

673-678

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

R Loetzsch (R)

Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany. robert.loetzsch@uni-jena.de.

H F Beyer (HF)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

L Duval (L)

Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, CNRS, Paris, France.

U Spillmann (U)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

D Banaś (D)

Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.

P Dergham (P)

Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.

F M Kröger (FM)

Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany.
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.
Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Jena, Germany.

J Glorius (J)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

R E Grisenti (RE)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

M Guerra (M)

Laboratory of Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys-UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal.

A Gumberidze (A)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

R Heß (R)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

P-M Hillenbrand (PM)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.
I. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany.

P Indelicato (P)

Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, CNRS, Paris, France.

P Jagodzinski (P)

Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.

E Lamour (E)

Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.

B Lorentz (B)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

S Litvinov (S)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

Yu A Litvinov (YA)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

J Machado (J)

Laboratory of Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys-UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal.

N Paul (N)

Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, CNRS, Paris, France.

G G Paulus (GG)

Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany.
Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Jena, Germany.

N Petridis (N)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.
Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

J P Santos (JP)

Laboratory of Instrumentation, Biomedical Engineering and Radiation Physics (LIBPhys-UNL), Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal.

M Scheidel (M)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

R S Sidhu (RS)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.
School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

M Steck (M)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.

S Steydli (S)

Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.

K Szary (K)

Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.

S Trotsenko (S)

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.
Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Jena, Germany.

I Uschmann (I)

Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany.

G Weber (G)

Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Jena, Germany.

Th Stöhlker (T)

Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany.
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.
Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Jena, Germany.

M Trassinelli (M)

Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France. martino.trassinelli@insp.jussieu.fr.

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