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Three-body QED test and fifth-force constraint from vibrations and rotations of HD+

M. Germann1,*, S. Patra1,†, J.-Ph. Karr2,3, L. Hilico2,3, V. I. Korobov4, E. J. Salumbides1, K. S. E. Eikema1, W. Ubachs1, and J. C. J. Koelemeij1,‡

  • 1LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Collège de France, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
  • 3Université d'Evry-Val d'Essonne, Université Paris-Saclay, Boulevard François Mitterrand, 91000 Evry, France
  • 4Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna 141980, Russia

  • *Present address: Department of Physics, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
  • †Present address: Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado 80305, USA.
  • ‡j.c.j.koelemeij@vu.nl
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Phys. Rev. Research 3, L022028 – Published 28 June, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.L022028

Abstract

We present a parts-per-million test of quantum electrodynamics (QED) in the HD+ molecular hydrogen ion, improving on previous tests based on vibrational and rotational transitions by factors of 76 and 1.4, respectively. The test is performed following a unified statistical approach that also produces improved constraints on physics beyond the standard model. We furthermore show how individual constraints derived from the various degrees of freedom in HD+ and antiprotonic helium can be combined to enhance the sensitivity, thus ruling out “fifth forces” on the Ångstrom scale that are 1011 times weaker than the electromagnetic interaction.

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Phys. Rev. Research 3, L022028– Published 28 June, 2021
  • Received 19 February 2021
  • Accepted 10 June 2021
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