Abstract
We report the first direct observation and high precision measurement of the triplet to singlet transition between the metastable states of helium. We obtain a precision of 8×10−12, providing a stringent test of two-electron quantum electrodynamic theory and of nuclear few-body theory.
We use either the 4He or the 3He isotope, and from the isotope shift derive a new value for the 3He charge radius.
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