Experimental access to higher-order Zeeman effects by precision spectroscopy of highly charged ions in a Penning trap
D. von Lindenfels, W. Quint, D. A. Glazov, A. V. Volotka, M. M. Sokolov, V. M. Shabaev, G. Plunien, M. Wiesel, G. Birkl, A. Martin, and M. Vogel
Accepted
We present an experimental concept and setup for laser-microwave double-resonance spectroscopy of highly charged ions in a Penning trap. Such spectroscopy allows a highly precise measurement of the Zeeman splittings of fine- and hyperfine-structure levels due the magnetic field of the trap. We have performed detailed calculations of the Zeeman effect in the framework of quantum electrodynamics of bound states as present in such highly charged ions. We find that apart from the linear Zeeman effect, also second- and third-order Zeeman effects contribute to the splittings on a level of 10-4 and 10-8, respectively, and hence are accessible to a determination within the achievable spectroscopic resolution of the currently prepared ARTEMIS experiment.