Abstract
A measurement using a one-electron quantum cyclotron gives the electron magnetic moment in Bohr magnetons, [0.28 ppt], with an uncertainty 2.7 and 15 times smaller than for previous measurements in 2006 and 1987. The electron is used as a magnetometer to allow line shape statistics to accumulate, and its spontaneous emission rate determines the correction for its interaction with a cylindrical trap cavity. The new measurement and QED theory determine the fine structure constant, with [0.37 ppb], and an uncertainty 20 times smaller than for any independent determination of .
- Received 4 January 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.120801
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