Table 2.
1S–2P transition frequencies
Sample spin polarization | Antihydrogen fres(exp) (MHz) | Hydrogen fres(th) (MHz) | Difference fres(exp) − fres(th) (MHz) | |
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1Scd→2Pc± | Single | 2,466,051,659(62) | 2,466,051,625 | 34 |
1Scd→2Pf± | Single | 2,466,036,611(88) | 2,466,036,642 | −31 |
1Sd→2Pc− | Double | 2,466,051,189(76) | 2,466,051,270 | −81 |
1Sd→2Pf− | Double | 2,466,036,395(81) | 2,466,036,287 | 108 |
The experimentally determined transition frequencies for antihydrogen fres(exp) (with 1σ errors in parentheses) are compared with the theoretically expected values for hydrogen fres(th) at a magnetic field of 1.0329 T. For the singly spin-polarized data, the centroid of the hyperfine states is given. The transition frequencies for hydrogen were calculated to a precision better than 1 MHz (Methods).