PROTON-ELECTRON MASS-RATIO AND THE ELECTRONS ATOMIC MASS

被引:5
作者
VANDYCK, RS
FARNHAM, DL
SCHWINBERG, PB
机构
[1] Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1109/19.377903
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The UW Penning trap mass spectrometer has been used to improve the values for the electron's atomic mass and the proton-electron mass ratio. The cyclotron frequency of small clouds of less than or equal to 15 electrons is compared with the cyclotron frequency of a single trapped carbon ion (C6+) in order to determine their relative mass ratio. In these comparisons, a relatively uniform magnetic field is used in order to assure that each particle sees (on the average) the same field. During systematic studies, the trapping potential was changed by more than a factor of two for the electron. In addition, measurements mere taken versus axial and cyclotron drive power as well as the size of the electron cloud. Since the detection mechanism is through the nonharmonic content of the trapping potential, this too was varied. Upon correcting for the lost electrons in carbon, the comparison directly yields. M(e) = 0.000 548 579 911 7(1 7) u. Using the accepted value for the proton's atomic mass, we determine m(p)/m(e) = 1836.152 664 6(58). These values are limited primarily by the present stability of the magnetic field.
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