Two-photon frequency comb spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen

Grinin, Alexey; Matveev, Arthur; Yost, Dylan C.; Maisenbacher, Lothar; Wirthl, Vitaly; Pohl, Randolf; Hänsch, Theodor W. und Udem, Thomas (2020): Two-photon frequency comb spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen. In: Science, Bd. 370, Nr. 6520: S. 1061-1066

Abstract

We have performed two-photon ultraviolet direct frequency comb spectroscopy on the 1S-3S transition in atomic hydrogen to illuminate the so-called proton radius puzzle and to demonstrate the potential of this method. The proton radius puzzle is a significant discrepancy between data obtained with muonic hydrogen and regular atomic hydrogen that could not be explained within the framework of quantum electrodynamics. By combining our result [f(1s-3s) = 2,922,743,278,665.79(72) kilohertz] with a previous measurement of the 1S-2S transition frequency, we obtained new values for the Rydberg constant [R-infinity = 10,973,731.568226(38) per meter] and the proton charge radius [r(p) = 0.8482(38) femtometers]. This result favors the muonic value over the world-average data as presented by the most recent published CODATA 2014 adjustment.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Physik
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
• ISSN: 0036-8075
• Sprache: Englisch