New method of precise measurement of positronium hyperfine splitting

Details New method of precise measurement of positronium hyperfine splitting New method of precise measurement of positronium hyperfine splitting

2010-04-30

arxiv.org/abs/1004.5555v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Experiment

6 pages, 7 figures

Scientific paper

The ground state hyperfine splitting of positronium, $\Delta_{\mathrm{HFS}}$, is sensitive to high order corrections of QED. A new calculation up to $\mathrm{O}(\alpha ^3 \ln \alpha)$ has revealed a $3.9\sigma$ discrepancy between the QED prediction and the experimental results. This discrepancy might either be due to systematic problems in the previous experiments or to contributions beyond the Standard Model. We propose an experiment to measure $\Delta_{\mathrm{HFS}}$ employing new methods designed to remedy the systematic errors which may have affected the previous experiments. Our experiment will provide an independent check of the discrepancy. The prototype run has been finished and a result of $\Delta_{\mathrm{HFS}} = 203.380 4 \pm 0.008 4 \mathrm{GHz} (41 \mathrm{ppm})$ has been obtained. A measurement with a precision of O(ppm) is expected within a few years.

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