Mass Difference of Tritium and Helium-3

被引:8
作者
Restrepo, Moises Medina [1 ]
Myers, Edmund G. [1 ]
机构
[1] Florida State Univ, Dept Phys, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
PENNING TRAP; 2; IONS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.243002
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
From cyclotron frequency ratios of HD+/He-3(+), HD+/T+, and T+/He-3(+) we measure the mass difference between atoms of Tand He-3 to be 1.995 940 8 (23) x 10-5 u, corresponding to a Q value for tritium beta decay of 18 592.071(22) eV. This enables an improved check on systematics of beta decay experiments that set limits on neutrino mass. Using the HD+ mass calculated from the atomic masses of the proton and deuteron as given by Rau et al. [Nature 585, 43 (2020)], we also obtain improved atomic masses for the triton and helion (considered to be fundamental constants), namely, 3.015 500 716 066 (39) and 3.014 932 246 957 (38) u.
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