Systematic effects important to separated-oscillatory-field measurements of the n=2 Lamb shift in atomic hydrogen

作者:Marsman A; Horbatsch M; Corriveau Z A; Hessels E A*
来源:Physical Review A, 2018, 98(1): 012509.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.98.012509

摘要

We evaluate a number of systematic effects that are important for an experimental microwave measurement of the n = 2 S-to-P intervals in atomic hydrogen. The analysis is important both for reevaluating the best existing measurement [S. R. Lundeen and F. M. Pipkin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 46, 232 (1981)] of the 2S(1/2)-to-2P(1/2) Lamb shift and for a measurement that is ongoing in our laboratory. This work is part of a larger program to understand the several-standard-deviation discrepancies between various methods for determining the proton charge radius.

  • 出版日期2018-7-23