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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: 2Precision Physics with an Ion Balance - Does E=mc2?
Prof. Dave Pritchard
Mon Jan 12, 01:30-02:30pm, 6-120
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Our new single ion balance for trapped ions improves atomic mass measurement accuracy to ~ 10-11. We have discovered a correction to the cyclotron resonance formula, recalibrated the x-ray wavelength scale, found the mass of fundamental particles, may replace the artifact kilogram with an atomic mass standard, realized a new route to determining the fine structure constant, performed a precise test of E=mc2, and made the best measurement of the dipole moment of any charged molecule.Part of the Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community series.
Contact: Maria Springer, 4-352, x3-4461, maria@mit.edu
Sponsor: Physics
Latest update: 22-Dec-2003
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