Precision measurements of positronium decay rate and energy level
Creators
- 1. ICEPP, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 (Japan)
- 2. Graduate school of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902 (Japan)
- 3. FIR Center, University of Fukui, 3-9-1 Bunkyo, Fukui, 910-8507 (Japan)
- 4. High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801 (Japan)
Description
Positronium is an ideal system for the research of the bound state QED. New precise measurement of orthopositronium decay rate has been performed with an accuracy of 150 ppm, and the result combined with the last three is 7.0401±0.0007 μs-1. It is the first result to validate the 2nd order correction. The Hyper Fine Splitting of positronium is sensitive to the higher order corrections of the QED prediction and also to the new physics beyond Standard Model via the quantum oscillation into virtual photon. The discrepancy of 3.5σ is found recently between the measured values and the QED prediction (O(α3)). It might be due to the contribution of the new physics or the systematic problems in the previous measurements: (non-thermalized Ps and non-uniformity of the magnetic field). We propose new methods to measure HFS precisely without the these uncertainties
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2977855;
- arXiv
- arXiv:0805.4672v1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 1037
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 43-55
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
Conference
- Title
- Workshop on cold antimatter plasmas and application to fundamental physics
- Dates
- 20-22 Feb 2008
- Place
- Okinawa (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40030383
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; BOUND STATE; CORRECTIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; HYPERFINE STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTONS; POSITRONIUM; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; STANDARD MODEL
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics