High-precision measurement of the atomic mass of the electron

Nature

Volumn 506, Issue 7489, 2014, Pages 467-470

  Sturm, S ^a   Kohler F ^a,b   Zatorski, J ^a   Wagner, A ^a   Harman, Z ^a,b   Werth, G ^c   Quint, W ^b   Keitel, C H ^a   Blaum, K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSICS; PRECISION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC MASS; CALCULATION; ELECTRON; MASS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 84896712826     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13026     Document Type: Article

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