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science-and-technology2 years ago•7 min saved

Exotic Atoms Confirm Quantum Electrodynamics in Groundbreaking Study

Scientists have successfully conducted a proof-of-principle experiment to verify strong-field quantum electrodynamics within exotic atoms. By measuring the energy spectrum of muonic characteristic X-rays emitted from muonic atoms using a sophisticated X-ray detector, they were able to verify contributions from vacuum polarization in strong-field quantum electrodynamics with a high precision of 5.8%. This achievement marks a significant advancement in the verification of key physical laws and has potential applications in various research areas.

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science2 years ago•7 min saved

Exotic atoms confirm quantum electrodynamics.

An international team of researchers, including the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, has conducted a proof-of-principle experiment to verify strong-field quantum electrodynamics with exotic atoms. The team performed high-precision measurements of the energy spectrum of muonic characteristic X-rays emitted from muonic atoms using a state-of-the-art X-ray detector. The highly efficient and accurate X-ray energy determination method using state-of-the-art quantum technology demonstrated in this research is expected to be applied to various research fields, such as non-destructive elemental analysis methods using muonic atoms.

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