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Direct Measurement of the Proton Magnetic Moment

Atomic Physics 2023-11-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

The proton magnetic moment in nuclear magnetons is measured to be μp/μNg/2=2.792846±0.000007\mu_p/\mu_N \equiv g/2 = 2.792\,846 \pm 0.000\,007, a 2.5 ppm (parts per million) uncertainty. The direct determination, using a single proton in a Penning trap, demonstrates the first method that should work as well with an antiproton as with a proton. This opens the way to measuring the antiproton magnetic moment (whose uncertainty has essentially not been reduced for 20 years) at least 10310^3 times more precisely.

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@article{arxiv.1201.3038,
  title  = {Direct Measurement of the Proton Magnetic Moment},
  author = {J. DiSciacca and G. Gabrielse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.3038},
  year   = {2023}
}