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

electron \(g\)-factorelectron g-2gravitational effectsinertial effectsmagnetic moments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ion traps (78A37) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Covariant wave equations in quantum theory, relativistic quantum mechanics (81R20) 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)

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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