CREMA

Charge radius experiment with muonic atoms

 Coordinatore MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. 

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 Nazionalità Coordinatore Germany [DE]
 Totale costo 1˙499˙976 €
 EC contributo 1˙499˙976 €
 Programma FP7-IDEAS-ERC
Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call ERC-2011-StG_20101014
 Funding Scheme ERC-SG
 Anno di inizio 2011
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2011-11-01   -   2016-10-31

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.

 Organization address address: Hofgartenstrasse 8
city: MUENCHEN
postcode: 80539

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Adelbert
Cognome: Piehler
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 89 32905 101

DE (MUENCHEN) hostInstitution 1˙499˙976.00
2    MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.

 Organization address address: Hofgartenstrasse 8
city: MUENCHEN
postcode: 80539

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Randolf
Cognome: Pohl
Email: send email
Telefono: +49 89 32905 281
Fax: +49 89 32905 312

DE (MUENCHEN) hostInstitution 1˙499˙976.00

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he    proton    nucleus    bound       radii    helium    regular    size    muonic    hydrogen    nuclear    muon    qed    radius    crema    absolute    point    times    ions    accurate    charge    spectroscopy   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'A measurement of the 2S-2P transition frequencies (Lamb shift) in the muonic helium-3 and 4 ions by means of laser spectroscopy is proposed. This will lead to a ten times more accurate determination of the root-mean-square (rms) charge radii of the He-3 and He-4 nuclei. The radius of the magnetic moment distribution inside the He-3 nucleus will result from the hyperfine structure in muonic 3He. In the muonic helium ion, a single negative muon orbits the helium nucleus. The muon is a point-like lepton, just as the electron, except it is about 200 times heavier. This gives a factor of 200^3 = 10^7 enhancement of nuclear finite size effects on the energy levels of muonic vs. regular (electonic) Helium ions. Muonic helium is the ideal sytem to study the He nuclear size. The CREMA project has four main aims: (1) Solve the 'proton size puzzle' created by our recently completed muonic hydrogen project [R. Pohl et al., 'The size of the proton', Nature 466, 213 (2010)]. Our tenfold improvement of the proton charge radius resulted in a five sigma discrepancy with the 2006 CODATA value, which is mostly based on hydrogen spectroscopy. This poses a serious challenge to bound-state QED, and may even point towards new physics. CREMA will help to clarify this. (2) Absolute nuclear charge radii of all helium isotopes He-3,4,6,8 will result from CREMA. The charge radius differences are precisely known, but the absolute size of the He-4 anchor nucleus can best be measured in muonic helium. Absolute charge radii are a more stringent benchmark for few-nucleon nuclear models than the radius difference. (3) Test of bound-state QED: Spectroscopy of regular He ions is underway. He (Z=2) is more sensitive than hydrogen (Z=1) to higher-order QED contributions which scale as Z^5. An accurate He charge radius from CREMA is mandatory for this. (4) An improved value of the Rydberg constant will result from the He spectroscopy only with the improved charge radius from CREMA.'

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