From dark matter and dark energy, to neutrino oscillations and the lack of antimatter in the universe, there is growing evidence that the Standard Model is incomplete. Tests of Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) with few-electron systems offer one of the most promising avenues for looking for new physics, as QED is the best understood field theory and extremely precise predictions can be obtained for few-electron systems. I will present our ongoing work for highest precision strong field QED tests with highly charged ions using the Paris Double Crystal spectrometer. I will then describe a new, alternative method for strong field QED tests using exotic muonic and antiprotonic atoms, and show first results from J-PARC.
Manuel Vogel - Atomic Physics Department