Precision Physics of Simple Atoms and Constraints on a Light Boson with Ultraweak Coupling

Journal Article · Fri Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.104.220406· OSTI ID:21410378

Karshenboim, S G ^[1]

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1. D. I. Mendeleev Institute for Metrology, St. Petersburg, 190005 (Russian Federation) and Max-Planck-Institut fuer Quantenoptik, Garching, 85748 (Germany)

Constraint on spin-dependent and spin-independent Yukawa potential at atomic scale is developed. That covers constraints on a coupling constant of an additional photon {gamma}* and a pseudovector boson. The mass range considered is from 1 eV/c{sup 2} to 1 MeV/c{sup 2}. The strongest constraint on a coupling constant {alpha}{sup '} is at the level of a few parts in 10{sup 13} (for {gamma}*) and below one part in 10{sup 16} (for a pseudovector) corresponding to mass below 1 keV/c{sup 2}. The constraints are derived from low-energy tests of quantum electrodynamics and are based on spectroscopic data on light hydrogenlike atoms and experiments with magnetic moments of leptons and light nuclei.

• OSTI ID: 21410378
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 22; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.220406; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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