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The MuSEUM collaboration demonstrated near-zero-field muonium ground-state hyperfine spectroscopy at J-PARC using a pulsed muon beam and detectors designed for high event rates. Kanda and colleagues reported a frequency-scan result of 4463.302±0.004 MHz. Nishimura and colleagues developed an analysis of the time-dependent Rabi signal that jointly fits frequency detuning and microwave-field strength, and applied it to later data to obtain a zero-density hyperfine interval of 4,463,301.61±0.71 kHz, with the quoted uncertainty statistical. Their simulations identified conditions in which concentrating measurements at a suitable detuning could improve statistical precision.
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The time-domain analysis uses a model of the microwave-field distribution and muon stopping positions, and determines the magnitude of detuning without its sign. The experimental demonstration combined measurements at multiple frequencies and powers. Its precision gain depends on the simulated conditions; it is not a universal factor-of-two guarantee or a replacement for the more precise historical high-field measurement. Gas-density corrections, frequency references, detector response and residual microwave drift remain relevant. Future beam upgrades and hertz-level goals were proposed rather than demonstrated.
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- Rabi-Oscillation Spectroscopy of the Hyperfine Structure of Muonium Atoms (arXiv2007.12386v2)
- New precise spectroscopy of the hyperfine structure in muonium with a high-intensity pulsed muon beam (arXiv2004.05862v2)
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S. Nishimura; H. A. Torii; Y. Fukao; T. U. Ito; M. Iwasaki; S. Kanda; K. Kawagoe; D. Kawall; N. Kawamura; N. Kurosawa; Y. Matsuda; T. Mibe; Y. Miyake; N. Saito; K. Sasaki; Y. Sato; S. Seo; P. Strasser; T. Suehara; K. S. Tanaka; T. Tanaka; J. Tojo; A. Toyoda; Y. Ueno; T. Yamanaka; T. Yamazaki; H. Yasuda; T. Yoshioka; K. Shimomura; Y. Ikedo; K. Ishida; K. M. Kojima
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Pulsed-beam muonium hyperfine spectroscopy and time-domain Rabi analysis
The MuSEUM collaboration demonstrated near-zero-field muonium ground-state hyperfine spectroscopy at J-PARC using a pulsed muon beam and detectors designed for high event rates. Kanda and colleagues reported a frequency-scan result of 4463.302±0.004 MHz. Nishimura and colleagues developed an analysis of the time-dependent Rabi signal that jointly fits frequency detuning and microwave-field strength, and applied it to later data to obtain a zero-density hyperfine interval of 4,463,301.61±0.71 kHz, with the quoted uncertainty statistical. Their simulations identified conditions in which concentrating measurements at a suitable detuning could improve statistical precision.
Scientific scope
The time-domain analysis uses a model of the microwave-field distribution and muon stopping positions, and determines the magnitude of detuning without its sign. The experimental demonstration combined measurements at multiple frequencies and powers. Its precision gain depends on the simulated conditions; it is not a universal factor-of-two guarantee or a replacement for the more precise historical high-field measurement. Gas-density corrections, frequency references, detector response and residual microwave drift remain relevant. Future beam upgrades and hertz-level goals were proposed rather than demonstrated.
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People and systems
S. Nishimura; H. A. Torii; Y. Fukao; T. U. Ito; M. Iwasaki; S. Kanda; K. Kawagoe; D. Kawall; N. Kawamura; N. Kurosawa; Y. Matsuda; T. Mibe; Y. Miyake; N. Saito; K. Sasaki; Y. Sato; S. Seo; P. Strasser; T. Suehara; K. S. Tanaka; T. Tanaka; J. Tojo; A. Toyoda; Y. Ueno; T. Yamanaka; T. Yamazaki; H. Yasuda; T. Yoshioka; K. Shimomura; Y. Ikedo; K. Ishida; K. M. Kojima
These are the listed authors of the cited contribution sources. Paper authorship does not quantify individual effort. An incomplete list is explicitly marked; same names are not automatically merged.