2s Hyperfine splitting in light hydrogen-like atoms: Theory and experiment

Journal Article · Wed Mar 15 04:00:00 EST 2006 · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776106030010· OSTI ID:21067730

Kolachevsky, N N ^[1]; Ivanov, V G ^[2]; Fischer, M; Fendel, P; Haensch, T W ^[1]

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1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Quantenoptik (Germany)
2. Russian Academy of Sciences, Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory (Russian Federation)

Since the combination D{sub 21} = 8f{sub HFS}(2s)-f{sub HFS}(1s) of hyperfine intervals in hydrogen and light two-body hydrogen-like atomic systems weakly depends on the nuclear structure, comparison between theory and experiment can be sensitive to high order QED corrections. New theoretical and experimental results are presented. Calculations have been performed for the hydrogen and deuterium atoms and for the helium-3 ion. Experiments on the 2s hyperfine splitting (responsible for the dominant contribution to the error in D{sub 21}) have been conducted for hydrogen and deuterium. The theory and experiment are in good agreement, and their accuracy is comparable to that attained in verifying the QED theory of the hyperfine splitting in leptonic atoms (muonium and positronium)

• OSTI ID: 21067730
• Journal Information: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 102; ISSN JTPHES; ISSN 1063-7761
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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