Abstract
The atomic masses of both and have been measured with a Penning trap mass spectrometer that utilizes a frequency-shift detector to observe ion cyclotron resonances. Present resolution exceeds 1 part in and is limited only by the stability of the magnetic field. The leading systematic shift (at ≲1 part in ) is due to the residual quadratic B field dependence. The atomic masses have been combined to yield ΔHHe)=18 590.1(1.7) eV. The excellent agreement with recent results from β spectrometers lends strong support for new limits on the neutrino’s rest mass.
- Received 19 October 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2888
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