Mass-Difference Measurements on Heavy Nuclides with an eV/c2 Accuracy in the 
PENTATRAP Spectrometer

Rischka, A.; Cakir, Halil; Door, Menno; Filianin, Pavel; Harman, Z.; Huang, W. J.; Indelicato, P.; Keitel, Christoph H.; König, C. M.; Kromer, K.; Müller, M.; Novikov, Y. N.; Schüssler, R. X.; Schweiger, Christoph; Eliseev, S.; Blaum, K.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.113001

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Mass-Difference Measurements on Heavy Nuclides with an eV/c² Accuracy in the PENTATRAP Spectrometer

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Rischka, A.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Cakir, Halil
Division Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Keitel, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Door, Menno
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Filianin, Pavel
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Harman, Z.
Division Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Keitel, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

Huang, W. J.
Division Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Keitel, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Keitel, Christoph H.
Division Prof. Dr. Christoph H. Keitel, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Kromer, K.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Schüssler, R. X.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Schweiger, Christoph
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Eliseev, S.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Blaum, K.
Division Prof. Dr. Klaus Blaum, MPI for Nuclear Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Rischka, A., Cakir, H., Door, M., Filianin, P., Harman, Z., Huang, W. J., et al. (2020). Mass-Difference Measurements on Heavy Nuclides with an eV/c² Accuracy in the PENTATRAP Spectrometer. Physical Review Letters, 124(11): 113001. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.113001.

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Abstract

First ever measurements of the ratios of free cyclotron frequencies of heavy, highly charged ions with Z>50 with relative uncertainties close to 10⁻¹¹ are presented. Such accurate measurements have become realistic due to the construction of the novel cryogenic multi-Penning-trap mass spectrometer PENTATRAP. Based on the measured frequency ratios, the mass differences of five pairs of stable xenon isotopes, ranging from ¹²⁶Xe to ¹³⁴Xe, have been determined. Moreover, the first direct measurement of an electron binding energy in a heavy highly charged ion, namely of the 37th atomic electron in xenon, with an uncertainty of a few eV is demonstrated. The obtained value agrees with the calculated one using two independent, different implementations of the multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock method. PENTATRAP opens the door to future measurements of electron binding energies in highly charged heavy ions for more stringent tests of bound-state quantum electrodynamics in strong electromagnetic fields and for an investigation of the manifestation of light dark matter in isotopic chains of certain chemical elements.