Thousandfold improvement in the measured antiproton mass

G. Gabrielse, X. Fei, L. A. Orozco, R. L. Tjoelker, J. Haas, H. Kalinowsky, T. A. Trainor, and W. Kells
Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1317 – Published 10 September 1990
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Abstract

Comparisons of antiproton and proton cyclotron frequencies yield the ratio of inertial masses M(p¯)/M(p)=0.999 999 977 ±0.000 000 042. The fractional uncertainty of 4×108 is 1000 times more accurate than previous measurements of this ratio using exotic atoms and is the most precise test of CPT invariance with baryons. Independent comparisons to electrons yield the mass ratios M(p¯)/M(e)=1836.152 660±0.000 083 and M(p)/M(e) =1836.152 680±0.000 088. Cryogenic antiprotons (near 4 K) stored in a Penning trap for 2 months establish directly a lifetime greater than 3.4 months.

  • Received 11 June 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1317

©1990 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

G. Gabrielse, X. Fei, L. A. Orozco, and R. L. Tjoelker

  • Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

J. Haas and H. Kalinowsky

  • Institut für Physik, Universität Mainz, 6500 Mainz, West Germany

T. A. Trainor

  • Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

W. Kells

  • Institute for Boson Studies, Pasadena, California 91107

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Vol. 65, Iss. 11 — 10 September 1990

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