SEARCH FOR FRACTIONALLY CHARGED IONS IN HELIUM GAS

被引:7
作者
BOYD, RN
BLATT, SL
DONOGHUE, TR
DRIES, LJ
HAUSMAN, HJ
SUITER, HR
机构
[1] Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.1288
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A Van de Graaff accelerator facility has been used as a supersensitive mass spectrograph in a search for free +13|e| and +23|e| charged ions in helium gas. No such ions were found at a level of sensitivity better than 1 part in 3.9× 1014 He atoms. The mass ranges spanned were 0.13 to 7.5 amu for +13|e| ions and 0.27 to 15.0 amu for +23|e| ions. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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页码:1288 / 1291
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