In: Physics Procedia, 2011, vol. 17, p. 10-19
By means of pulsed laser spectroscopy applied to muonic hydrogen (μ− p) we have measured the 2S F = 1 1/2 − 2PF = 2 3/2 transition frequency to be 49881.88(76) GHz. By comparing this measurement with its theoretical prediction based on bound-state QED we have determined a proton radius value of rp = 0.84184 (67) fm. This new value is an order of magnitude preciser than previous results but...
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In: Canadian Journal of Physics, 2007, vol. 85, no. 5, p. 469-478
The Lamb-shift experiment in muonic hydrogen (μ⁻ p) aims to measure the energy difference between the 2SF=11/2-2PF=23/2 atomic levels to a precision of 30 ppm. This would allow the r.m.s. proton charge radius rp to be deduced to a precision of 10⁻³ and open a way to check bound-state quantum electrodynamics (QED) to...
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