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The spin magnetic moment \(\mu^{\overline{p}}_{s}\) of the antiproton can be determined by comparing the measured transition frequencies in \(\overline{p}^4\)He + with three-body QED calculations. A comparison between the proton and antiproton can then be used as a test of CPT invariance. The highest measurement precision of the difference between the proton and the antiproton spin magnetic moments to date is 0.3%. A new experimental value of the spin magnetic moment of the antiproton was obtained as \(\mu^{\overline{p}}_{s} = -2.7862(83)\mu_{N}\), slightly better than the previously best measurement. This agrees with \(\mu^{p}_{s}\) within 0.24%. In 2009, a new measurement with antiprotonic 3He has been started. A comparison between the theoretical calculations and experimental results would lead to a stronger test of the theory and address systematic errors therein. A measurement of this state will be the first HF measurement on \(\overline{p}^3\)He + . We report here on the new experimental setup and the first tests.
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Friedreich, S., Barna, D., Dax, A. et al. Spectroscopy of the hyperfine structure of antiprotonic 4He and 3He. Hyperfine Interact 199, 337–346 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-011-0329-1
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