通过Penning陷质谱检测超稳定电子状态
R X Schüssler1, H Bekker2,3, M Braß4
1Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany. rima.schuessler@mpi-hd.mpg.de.
Nature
|May 8, 2020
概括
研究人员在高电荷离子 (HCI) 中发现了长寿命的超稳定电子状态. 这一发现推动了用于基础物理研究的精确软X射线原子钟的开发.
科学领域:
- 原子物理
- 测量学
- 量子信息科学
背景情况:
- 最先进的光学时钟使用原子组合或被捕获的离子来实现高精度.
- 高电荷离子 (HCI) 和核过渡对于下一代时钟是有前途的,因为它们对干扰不敏感.
- 准确的原子结构计算对于确定适合时钟的HCI转换至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 报告在高电荷离子 (HCI) 中观察到长寿命的超稳定电子状态.
- 提供电子激发能量的非破坏性,直接的确定.
- 展示一种用于识别和描述潜在的软X射线频率标准的新方法.
主要方法:
- 使用高精度宁陷质谱仪PENTATRAP.
- 测量了HCI基底和转移稳定的频率比率.
- 确定地面和激发状态之间的质量差异,产生电子激发能量.
主要成果:
- 在高电荷离子 () 中观察到长寿命的超稳定电子状态.
- 在测量周期波频率比率方面达到10−11的精度, 提高了十倍.
- 确定了4.96 × 1016 Hz (202 eV) 的潜在软X射线频率,线宽为5 × 10−8 Hz,质量系数为1024.
结论:
- 结果与先进的原子结构计算一致.
- 开发的方法可以在HCIs中搜索进一步的软X射线时钟转换.
- 这项工作对于基本物理学的精确研究至关重要.
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