Abstract
We have measured the atomic masses of ten species with a typical accuracy of by comparing the cyclotron frequencies of 20 different pairs of alternately trapped ions. The mass of provides a possible route to realizing an atomic standard of mass. The neutron separation energies for and determined from these mass measurements suggest the need to recalibrate -ray energies in the 2 to 13 MeV range, and may lead to an independent determination of both the fine structure constant and the molar Planck constant with a precision approaching .
- Received 14 March 1994
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1481
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