Precise measurement of the hyperfine splitting in muonium with a high intensity pulsed muon beam at J-PARC

Abstract

Abstract At J-PARC, the MuSEUM (Muonium Spectroscopy Experiment Using Microwave) collaboration aims to precisely measure the ground-state hyperfine splitting of muonium atoms arising from the muon and electron spins. The pulsed muon beam is stopped in a krypton gas cell to form muonium atoms. The transitions of spin states are induced with a microwave cavity, which are then measured by positron counters. After the previously performed successful measurements with a nearly-zero magnetic field, we are currently planning a measurement with the 2.9T magnetic field by measuring two Zeeman-split sub-levels, so that increased statistics will allow us to more precisely determine the transition frequency down to ∼1ppb. Moreover, a new microwave cavity with a unique geometry is being designed to perform the measurement at an even stronger field of 2.9T in the future.