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Vibrational spectroscopy of H2+: precise evaluation of the Zeeman effect
We present an accurate computation of the g-factors of the hyperfine states
of the hydrogen molecular ion H2+. The results are in good agreement with
previous experiments, and can be tested further by rf spectroscopy. Their
implication for high-precision two-photon vibrational spectroscopy of H2+ is
also discussed. It is found that the most intense hyperfine components of
two-photon lines benefit from a very small Zeeman splitting
Superconducting gyroscope research
Four basic areas of research and development of superconducting gyroscopes are studied. Chapter 1 studies the analysis of a SQUID readout for a superconducting gyroscope. Chapter 2 studies the dependence of spin-up torque on channel and gas properties. Chapter 3 studies the theory of super fluid plug operation. And chapter 4 studies the gyro rotor and housing manufacture
Theoretical transition frequencies beyond 0.1 ppb accuracy in H, HD, and antiprotonic helium
We present improved theoretical calculations of transition frequencies for
the fundamental transitions in the
hydrogen molecular ions H and HD with a relative uncertainty
and for the two-photon transitions in the antiprotonic helium
atom with a relative uncertainty . To do that, the one-loop
self-energy correction of order is derived in the two
Coulomb center approximation, and numerically evaluated in the case of the
aforementioned transitions. The final results also include a complete set of
other spin-independent corrections of order . The leading order
corrections of are also considered
that allows to estimate a magnitude of yet uncalculated contributions.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figure, to be submitted to PR
One-loop vacuum polarization at order for the two center problem
We present calculations of the one-loop vacuum polarization contribution
(Uehling potential) for the two-center problem in the NRQED formalism. The
cases of hydrogen molecular ions () as well as antiprotonic helium
(, ) are considered. Numerical results of the vacuum
polarization contribution at order for the fundamental transitions
in H and HD are presented.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figues, submitted to PR
High accuracy results for the energy levels of the molecular ions H2+, D2+ and HD+, up to J=2
We present a nonrelativistic calculation of the rotation-vibration levels of
the molecular ions H2+, D2+ and HD+, relying on the diagonalization of the
exact three-body Hamiltonian. The J=2 levels are obtained with a very high
accuracy of 10^{-14} a.u. (for most levels) representing an improvement by five
orders of magnitude over previous calculations. The accuracy is also improved
for the J=1 levels of H2+ and D2+ with respect to earlier works. Moreover, we
have computed the sensitivities of the energy levels with respect to the mass
ratios, allowing these levels to be used for metrological purposes.Comment: 11 page
Infrared telescope
The development of the Infrared Telescope for Spacelab 2 is discussed. The design, development, and testing required to interface a stationary superfluid helium dewar with a scanning cryostate capable of operating in the zero-g environment in the space shuttle bay is described
Hydrogen molecular ions for improved determination of fundamental constants
The possible use of high-resolution rovibrational spectroscopy of the
hydrogen molecular ions H + 2 and HD + for an independent determination of
several fundamental constants is analyzed. While these molecules had been
proposed for metrology of nuclear-to-electron mass ratios, we show that they
are also sensitive to the radii of the proton and deuteron and to the Rydberg
constant at the level of the current discrepancies colloquially known as the
proton size puzzle. The required level of accuracy, in the 10 --12 range, can
be reached both by experiments, using Doppler-free two-photon spectroscopy
schemes, and by theoretical predictions. It is shown how the measurement of
several well-chosen rovibrational transitions may shed new light on the
proton-radius puzzle, provide an alternative accurate determination of the
Rydberg constant, and yield new values of the proton-to-electron and
deuteron-to-proton mass ratios with one order of magnitude higher precision
Development of a New Test Specimen with Tapered Cross-Section for Use in Uniaxial Fatigue Testing of Hot Mix Asphalt.
M.S. Thesis. University of HawaiÊ»i at MÄnoa 2018
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