Abstract
Muonium, the bound state of a positive muon and an electron, is one of the simplest systems for testing QED. Spectroscopic measurements in muonium are particularly attractive since the atom does not possess the proton structure effects present in hydrogen. Positronium is free of nuclear structure offsets, but the relativistic two-body problem presents formidable calculational difficulties. The ultimate precision of a measurement of the muonium energy levels will be limited by the 2.2 μsec lifetime (72kHz line width) of the muon.
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Chu, S., Jr., A.P.M., Yodh, A.G., Nagamine, K., Miyake, H., Kuga, T. (1987). Excitation of the 1S-2S Transition in Muonium. In: Persson, W., Svanberg, S. (eds) Laser Spectroscopy VIII. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47973-4_7
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