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Towards Precision Muonic X-ray Measurements of Charge Radii of Light Nuclei

Ben Ohayon, A. Abeln, S. Bara, T. E. Cocolios, Ofir Eizenberg, A. Fleischmann, L. Gastaldo, César Godinho, Michael Heines, Daniel Hengstler, Guillaume Hupin, P. Indelicato, K. Kirch, A. Knecht, Daniel Kreuzberger, Jorge Machado, P. Navrátil, N. Paul, Randolf Pohl, Daniel Unger, Stergiani Marina Vogiatzi, Katharina von Schoeler, Frederik Waûters

Physics · 2024

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Summary

We, the QUARTET Collaboration, propose an experiment to measure the nuclear charge radii of light elements with up to 20 times higher accuracy. These are essential both for understanding nuclear physics at low energies, and for experimental and theoretical applications in simple atomic systems. Such comparisons advance the understanding of bound-state quantum electrodynamics and are useful for searching for new physics beyond the Standard Model. The energy levels of muonic atoms are highly susceptible to nuclear structure, especially to the mean square charge radius. The radii of the lightest nuclei (with the atomic number, Z=1,2) have been determined with high accuracy using laser spectroscopy in muonic atoms, while those of medium mass and above were determined using X-ray spectroscopy w

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.3390/physics6010015
Catalogue ID
SNmoic23ve-ulfjtt
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