Muonic hydrogen spectroscopy: the proton radius puzzle
Aldo Antognini
(1)
,
François Nez
(2)
,
Fernando D. Amaro
(3)
,
François Biraben
(2)
,
Joao M. R. Cardoso
(3)
,
Daniel S. Covita
(4)
,
Andreas Dax
(5)
,
Satish Dhawan
(5)
,
Luis M. P. Fernandes
(3)
,
Adolf Giesen
(6)
,
Thomas Graf
(7)
,
Theodor W. Hänsch
(1)
,
Paul Indelicato
(2)
,
Lucile Julien
(2)
,
Cheng-Yang Kao
(8)
,
Paul Knowles
(9)
,
Franz Kottmann
(10)
,
Eric-Olivier Le Bigot
(2)
,
Yi-Wei Liu
(8)
,
José A. M. Lopes
(3)
,
Livia Ludhova
(9)
,
Cristina M. B. Monteiro
(3)
,
Françoise Mulhauser
(9)
,
Tobias Nebel
(1)
,
Paul Rabinowitz
(11)
,
Joaquim M. F. dos Santos
(3)
,
Lukas A. Schaller
(9)
,
Karsten Schuhmann
(6)
,
Catherine Schwob
(2)
,
David Taqqu
(12)
,
Joao F.C.A. Veloso
(4)
,
Randolf Pohl
(1)
1
MPQ -
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
2 LKB (Jussieu) - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
3 DFC - Departamento de Física [Coimbra]
4 Departamento de Fisica [Aveiro]
5 Physics Department
6 Technol Gesell Strahlwerkzeuge
7 IFSW - Institut für Strahwerkzeuge
8 Physics Department
9 departement de physique
10 Institut f¨ur Particle Physics
11 Department of Chemistry
12 PSI - Paul Scherrer Institute
2 LKB (Jussieu) - Laboratoire Kastler Brossel
3 DFC - Departamento de Física [Coimbra]
4 Departamento de Fisica [Aveiro]
5 Physics Department
6 Technol Gesell Strahlwerkzeuge
7 IFSW - Institut für Strahwerkzeuge
8 Physics Department
9 departement de physique
10 Institut f¨ur Particle Physics
11 Department of Chemistry
12 PSI - Paul Scherrer Institute
François Nez
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Paul Indelicato
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Résumé
By means of pulsed laser spectroscopy applied to muonic hydrogen (mu(-)p) we have measured the 2S(1/2)(F=1) - 2P(3/2)(F=2) transition frequency to be 49881.88(76) GHz.(1) By comparing this measurement with its theoretical prediction (2-7) based on bound-state QED we have determined a proton radius value of r(p) = 0.84184(67) fm. This new value differs by 5.0 standard deviations from the CODATA value of 0.8768(69) fm,(8) and 3 standard deviation from the e-p scattering results of 0.897(18) fm.(9) The observed discrepancy may arise from a computational mistake of the energy levels in mu p or H, or a fundamental problem in bound-state QED, an unknown effect related to the proton or the muon, or an experimental error.