[Isac-journal-club] Journal Club June 7, 3:30, MOB Theory Room

[Journal Club]

Hi All,

A reminder that journal club, complete with potentially rancid Kapow! and
(presumably) other snacks will be taking place today at 3:30 in the MOB
theory room.

See you there.

On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Matthias Holl <mholl at triumf.ca> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> this week, we'll discuss "High precision hyperfine measurements in
> Bismuth challenge bound-state strong-field QED"
> (https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15484). These are the questions:
>
> 1. Why are heavy nuclei a good testing ground for QED?
> 2. What is the "specific difference"? Why isn't it sufficient to measure
> the hyperfine splitting itself?
> 3. How are H-like Bi and Li-like Bi produced and excited? What are the
> "specialized mirror systems" used to detect the photons?
> 4. Why are there two bands visible in Fig. 2b?
> 5. What possible explanations do the authors give for the large
> discrepancy between their results and theory?
>
> As usual, we'll meet on Wednesday at 3:30 in the MOB Theory Room and
> snacks will be provided.
>
> Cheers,
> Matthias
>
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