Microwave spectroscopy of the muonium <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>S</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <m
We report a microwave spectroscopy measurement of the muonium 2โข<em>๐</em><sub>1/2</sub>โ2โข<em>๐</em><sub>3/2</sub> fine-structure transition, yielding a transition frequency of 9871.0ยฑ7.0MHz, in agreement with state-of-the-art QED predictions within one standard deviation. In combination with the recent Lamb shift result, the 2โข<em>๐</em><sub>1/2</sub>โ2โข<em>๐</em><sub>3/2</sub> splitting is determined, improving the spectroscopic characterization of the <em>๐</em> = 2 manifold in muonium. These results provide a stringent test of bound-state QED in a purely leptonic system and establish a path toward future searches for Lorentz violation and muon-specific new physics.
Authors
- Karl J. Friston
Institutions
- Technion โ Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- NIST Center for Neutron Research (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. A/Physical review, A
- Published
- 2025-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/f1z4-xzq2
- Primary Topic
- Muon and positron interactions and applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00