Spectroscopy of the hyperfine structure of antiprotonic 4He and 3He

Abstract

The spin magnetic moment of the antiproton can be determined by comparing the measured transition frequencies in He+ with three-body QED calculations. A comparison between the proton and antiproton can then be used as a test of CPT invariance. The highest measurement precision of the difference between the proton and the antiproton spin magnetic moments to date is 0. 3%. A new experimental value of the spin magnetic moment of the antiproton was obtained as, slightly better than the previously best measurement. This agrees with within 0. 24%. In 2009, a new measurement with antiprotonic 3He has been started. A comparison between the theoretical calculations and experimental results would lead to a stronger test of the theory and address systematic errors therein. A measurement of this state will be the first HF measurement on He+. We report here on the new experimental setup and the first tests. © 2011 The Author(s).