Present status of the fine-structure frequencies of the 23P helium level

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作者
Giusfredi, G
Pastor, PC
De Natale, P
Mazzotti, D
de Mauro, C
Fallani, L
Hagel, G
Krachmalnicoff, V
Inguscio, M
机构
[1] Ist Nazl Ott Applicata, I-50125 Florence, Italy
[2] European Lab Nonlinear Spect, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
[3] Univ Florence, Dipartimento Fis, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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10.1139/P04-075
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
A new measurement of the fine-structure frequencies of the 2(3) P level in He-4 is presented. The result for the largest interval 2(3) P-0-2(3) P-1 is 29 616 952.7(1.0) kHz, and 2 291 167.7(11.0) kHz for the smallest one, 2(3) P-1-2(3) P-2. Taking into account this new result, an agreement among different experiments at the 1 kHz level is found. Implications of this situation for the determination of the fine-structure constant alpha are discussed.
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页数:10
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