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New measurement of the transition frequency of hydrogen: contribution to the proton charge radius puzzle

arXiv:1801.08816 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.183001

Abstract

We present a new measurement of the two-photon transition frequency of hydrogen, realized with a continuous-wave excitation laser at 205 nm on a room-temperature atomic beam, with a relative uncertainty of . The proton charge radius deduced from this measurement, fm, is in very good agreement with the current CODATA-recommended value. This result contributes to the ongoing search to solve the proton charge radius puzzle, which arose from a discrepancy between the CODATA value and a more precise determination of from muonic hydrogen spectroscopy.

5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication by Phys. Rev. Lett

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