Precision mass spectroscopy of the antiproton and proton using simultaneously trapped particles

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作者
Gabrielse, G [1 ]
Khabbaz, A
Hall, DS
Heimann, C
Kalinowsky, H
Jhe, W
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Univ Bonn, Inst Strahlen & Kernphys, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
[3] Seoul Natl Univ, Dept Phys, Seoul 151742, South Korea
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3198
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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This last of a series of three measurements improves the comparison of antiproton ((p) over bar) and proton (p) by almost a factor of 10(6) over earlier exotic atom measurements, and is the most precise CPT test with baryons by a similar large factor. Measuring the cyclotron frequencies of a simultaneously trapped (p) over bar and H- ion establishes that the ratio of q/m for (p) over bar and p is -0.99999999991 +/- 0.00000000009, more than 10 times the accuracy over our previous measurement. This 9 X 10(-11) comparison makes the first use of simultaneously trapped particles for sub-ppb spectroscopy. [S0031-9007(99)08869-9].
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页码:3198 / 3201
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