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Measurement of the 1s2p 3P0 - 3P1 Fine Structure Interval in Helium-Like Magnesium

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Using Doppler-tuned fast-beam laser spectroscopy the 1s2p 3P0 - 3P1 fine structure interval in 24Mg10+ has been measured to be 833.133(15) cm-1. The calibration procedure used the intercombination 1s2s 1S0 - 1s2p 3P1 transition in 14N5+. The result tests quantum-electrodynamic and relativistic corrections to high precision calculations, which will be used to obtain a new value for the fine structure constant from the fine structure of helium.

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  1. Department of Physics, Florida State University, 32306-4350, Florida, Tallahassee, USA

    E. G. Myers

  2. Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, OX1 3PU, Oxford, UK

    M. R. Tarbutt

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  1. D.I. Mendeleev Institute for Metrology, 198005, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Savely G. Karshenboim

  2. MPI for Quantum Optics, 85748, Garching, Germany

    Savely G. Karshenboim  & T.W. Hänsch  & 

  3. Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa, Italy

    F. Bassani

  4. Dept.of Physics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    F.S. Pavone

  5. LENS and INFM, University of Florence, 50125, Florence, Italy

    F.S. Pavone

  6. Dept. of Physics and LENS, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    M. Inguscio

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Myers, E.G., Tarbutt, M.R. (2001). Measurement of the 1s2p 3P0 - 3P1 Fine Structure Interval in Helium-Like Magnesium. In: Karshenboim, S.G., Bassani, F., Pavone, F., Inguscio, M., Hänsch, T. (eds) The Hydrogen Atom. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 570. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45395-4_48

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