Inertial and gravitational effects on a geonium atom

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AC1BE9MaRDI QIDQ5164072zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Asuka Ito

Publication date 9 November 2021

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.11217

zbMATH Keywords

inertial effectsgravitational effectsmagnetic momentselectron \(g\)-factorelectron g-2

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Ion traps (78A37) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20)

Abstract: We reveal all linear order inertial and gravitational effects on a non-relativistic Dirac particle (mass $m$) on the Earth up to the order of $1/m$ in the Foldy-Wouthuysen-like expansion. Applying the result to Penning trap experiments where a Dirac particle experiences the cyclotron motion and the spin precession in a cavity, i.e., a geonium atom, we study modifications to the $g$-factor of such as the electron. It is shown that each correction from gravity has different dependence on the cyclotron frequency and the mass $m$. Therefore, their magnitude change depending on situations. In a particular case of an electron $g$-factor measurement, the dominant correction to the observed $g$-factor comes from effects of the Earth's rotation, which is $deltag/2simeq5.2imes10^{-17}$. It may be detectable in the near future.

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