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1S–3S cw spectroscopy of hydrogen/deuterium atom

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We study the 1S–3S two-photon transition of hydrogen in a thermal atomic beam, using a home-made cw laser source at 205 nm. The experimental method is described, leading in 2017 to the measurement of the 1S–3S transition frequency in hydrogen atom with a relative uncertainty of \(9 \times 10^{-13}\). This result contributes to the “proton puzzle” resolution but is in disagreement with the ones of some others experiments. We have recently improved our set-up with the aim of carrying out the same measurement in deuterium. With the improved detection system, we have observed a broadened fluorescence signal, superimposed on the narrow signal studied so far, and due to the stray accumulation of atoms in the vacuum chamber. The possible resulting systematic effect is discussed.

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This manuscript has no associated data or the data will not be deposited. [Author’s comment: The datasets analysed during the current study are not publicly available since they are part of the whole data campaign of 2020 that is still under analysis, but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.].

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This work is performed under the following financial assistance award 60NANB18D281 from the US-Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

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    Pauline Yzombard, Simon Thomas, Lucile Julien, Francois Biraben & Francois Nez

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Yzombard, P., Thomas, S., Julien, L. et al. 1S–3S cw spectroscopy of hydrogen/deuterium atom. Eur. Phys. J. D 77, 23 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/s10053-023-00605-9

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