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_id: '1693'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Quantum interference between energetically close states is theoretically investigated,
    with the state structure being observed via laser spectroscopy. In this work,
    we focus on hyperfine states of selected hydrogenic muonic isotopes, and on how
    quantum interference affects the measured Lamb shift. The process of photon excitation
    and subsequent photon decay is implemented within the framework of nonrelativistic
    second-order perturbation theory. Due to its experimental interest, calculations
    are performed for muonic hydrogen, deuterium, and helium-3. We restrict our analysis
    to the case of photon scattering by incident linear polarized photons and the
    polarization of the scattered photons not being observed. We conclude that while
    quantum interference effects can be safely neglected in muonic hydrogen and helium-3,
    in the case of muonic deuterium there are resonances with close proximity, where
    quantum interference effects can induce shifts up to a few percent of the linewidth,
    assuming a pointlike detector. However, by taking into account the geometry of
    the setup used by the CREMA collaboration, this effect is reduced to less than
    0.2% of the linewidth in all possible cases, which makes it irrelevant at the
    present level of accuracy. © 2015 American Physical Society.
article_number: '022514'
article_processing_charge: No
arxiv: 1
author:
- first_name: Pedro
  full_name: Amaro, Pedro
  last_name: Amaro
- first_name: Beatrice
  full_name: Franke, Beatrice
  last_name: Franke
- first_name: Julian
  full_name: Krauth, Julian
  last_name: Krauth
- first_name: Marc
  full_name: Diepold, Marc
  last_name: Diepold
- first_name: Filippo
  full_name: Fratini, Filippo
  last_name: Fratini
- first_name: Laleh
  full_name: Safari, Laleh
  id: 3C325E5E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Safari
- first_name: Jorge
  full_name: Machado, Jorge
  last_name: Machado
- first_name: Aldo
  full_name: Antognini, Aldo
  last_name: Antognini
- first_name: Franz
  full_name: Kottmann, Franz
  last_name: Kottmann
- first_name: Paul
  full_name: Indelicato, Paul
  last_name: Indelicato
- first_name: Randolf
  full_name: Pohl, Randolf
  last_name: Pohl
- first_name: José
  full_name: Santos, José
  last_name: Santos
citation:
  ama: Amaro P, Franke B, Krauth J, et al. Quantum interference effects in laser spectroscopy
    of muonic hydrogen, deuterium, and helium-3. <i>Physical Review A</i>. 2015;92(2).
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022514">10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022514</a>
  apa: Amaro, P., Franke, B., Krauth, J., Diepold, M., Fratini, F., Safari, L., …
    Santos, J. (2015). Quantum interference effects in laser spectroscopy of muonic
    hydrogen, deuterium, and helium-3. <i>Physical Review A</i>. American Physical
    Society. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022514">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022514</a>
  chicago: Amaro, Pedro, Beatrice Franke, Julian Krauth, Marc Diepold, Filippo Fratini,
    Laleh Safari, Jorge Machado, et al. “Quantum Interference Effects in Laser Spectroscopy
    of Muonic Hydrogen, Deuterium, and Helium-3.” <i>Physical Review A</i>. American
    Physical Society, 2015. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022514">https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022514</a>.
  ieee: P. Amaro <i>et al.</i>, “Quantum interference effects in laser spectroscopy
    of muonic hydrogen, deuterium, and helium-3,” <i>Physical Review A</i>, vol. 92,
    no. 2. American Physical Society, 2015.
  ista: Amaro P, Franke B, Krauth J, Diepold M, Fratini F, Safari L, Machado J, Antognini
    A, Kottmann F, Indelicato P, Pohl R, Santos J. 2015. Quantum interference effects
    in laser spectroscopy of muonic hydrogen, deuterium, and helium-3. Physical Review
    A. 92(2), 022514.
  mla: Amaro, Pedro, et al. “Quantum Interference Effects in Laser Spectroscopy of
    Muonic Hydrogen, Deuterium, and Helium-3.” <i>Physical Review A</i>, vol. 92,
    no. 2, 022514, American Physical Society, 2015, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022514">10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022514</a>.
  short: P. Amaro, B. Franke, J. Krauth, M. Diepold, F. Fratini, L. Safari, J. Machado,
    A. Antognini, F. Kottmann, P. Indelicato, R. Pohl, J. Santos, Physical Review
    A 92 (2015).
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:53:30Z
date_published: 2015-08-28T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-23T10:01:00Z
day: '28'
department:
- _id: MiLe
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.92.022514
ec_funded: 1
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '1506.02734'
  isi:
  - '000360284100006'
intvolume: '        92'
isi: 1
issue: '2'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.02734
month: '08'
oa: 1
oa_version: Preprint
project:
- _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  call_identifier: FP7
  grant_number: '291734'
  name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme
publication: Physical Review A
publication_status: published
publisher: American Physical Society
publist_id: '5451'
quality_controlled: '1'
scopus_import: '1'
status: public
title: Quantum interference effects in laser spectroscopy of muonic hydrogen, deuterium,
  and helium-3
type: journal_article
user_id: 317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345
volume: 92
year: '2015'
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