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Precision Microwave Spectroscopy of the Positronium n=2 Fine Structure.
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Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2020 Aug 14; Vol. 125 (7), pp. 073002. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- We report a new measurement of the positronium (Ps) 2^{3}S_{1}→2^{3}P_{0} interval. Slow Ps atoms, optically excited to the radiatively metastable 2^{3}S_{1} level, flew through a microwave radiation field tuned to drive the transition to the short-lived 2^{3}P_{0} level, which was detected via the time spectrum of subsequent ground state Ps annihilation radiation. After accounting for Zeeman shifts we obtain a transition frequency ν_{0}=18501.02±0.61 MHz, which is not in agreement with the theoretical value of ν_{0}=18498.25±0.08 MHz.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1079-7114
- Volume :
- 125
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Physical review letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32857572
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.073002