g Factor of Lithiumlike Silicon: New Challenge to Bound-State QED

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Contributors

  • D. A. Glazov - (Author)
  • F. Köhler-Langes - (Author)
  • A. V. Volotka - (Author)
  • K. Blaum - (Author)
  • F. Heiße - (Author)
  • G. Plunien - , Chair of Theoretical Quantum Optics (Author)
  • W. Quint - (Author)
  • S. Rau - (Author)
  • V. M. Shabaev - (Author)
  • S. Sturm - (Author)
  • G. Werth - (Author)

Abstract

The recently established agreement between experiment and theory for the g factors of lithiumlike silicon and calcium ions manifests the most stringent test of the many-electron bound-state quantum electrodynamics (QED) effects in the presence of a magnetic field. In this Letter, we present a significant simultaneous improvement of both theoretical gth=2.000 889 894 4 (34) and experimental gexp=2.000 889 888 45 (14) values of the g factor of lithiumlike silicon 28Si11+. The theoretical precision now is limited by the many-electron two-loop contributions of the bound-state QED. The experimental value is accurate enough to test these contributions on a few percent level.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Number of pages6
JournalThe physical review
Issue number173001
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85074449693

Keywords

Keywords

  • fundamentale Wechselwirkungen in Atomen