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HK: Fachverband Physik der Hadronen und Kerne

HK 71: Structure and Dynamics of Nuclei XIII

HK 71.1: Gruppenbericht

Donnerstag, 31. März 2022, 16:00–16:30, HK-H7

Nucleon and nuclear structure from measurements in muonic and normal atoms — •Randolf Pohl — Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz

Laser spectroscopy of simple atoms is sensitive to properties of the atomic nucleus, such as its charge and magnetization distribution, or its polarizability. This allows determining the nuclear parameters from atomic spectroscopy, but also limits the attainable precision for the determination of fundamental constants or the test of QED and the Standard Model.

In light muonic atoms and ions, one negative muon replaces all atomic electrons, resulting in a calculable hydrogen-like system. Due to the muon's large mass (200 times the electron mass), the muon orbits the nucleus on a 200 times smaller Bohr radius, increasing the sensitivity of muonic atoms to nuclear properties by 200^3 = 10 million.

This has resulted in a 10fold increase in the precision of the charge radius of the proton, deuteron, and the stable helium nuclei. We're currently measuring the hyperfine structure in muonic hydrogen to obtain information about the magnetization of the proton. In Mainz, we're setting up an experiment to determine the triton charge radius by laser spectroscopy of atomic tritium.