An Isolated Atomic Particle at Rest in Free Space features recent ground breaking research inspired by the work of Physics Nobel Laureate Hans Dehmelt. This monograph not only honours a great individual but presents a snapshot of current frontiers of physics. Experts describes • Magnetic resonance imaging of patients' lungs • Keeping time with the best clock known - a single atomic ion • Measuring and calculating the magnetism of a single electron to parts per trillion accuracy • Weighing the energy of a chemical bond • Creating clouds of anti - atoms in the laboratory and much more • Includes Nobel Laureate (2005) Professor John L Hall’s chapter on Optical Frequency Standards and their Measurement

Introduction / Hans Dehmelt and His Research / Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Laser-Polarized Gases / Researcher with highly charged confined ions / Probing Structure at the Femtometer Scale / Observations of Cold Antihydrogen / Memories of Geonium and Ultra-Precise Mass Spectroscopy / Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Electron and the Fine Structure Constant / Single – ion Optical Standards and the rate of change of Alpha / What can a single Atom do that many Atoms cannot? / Electron g-2, entanglement, and trapped-ion quantum information processing / Optical Frequency Standards and their Measurement / Index.

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