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Record-breaking electron measurement probes an iconic theory’s flaws

Physicists nail down the most precise value yet of the electron magnetic moment, surpassing a value measured 14 years ago.
Illustration of an atomic structure.

Scientists suspended a single electron (white dots; illustration) to study its magnetic moment, a property of its spin and charge. Credit: KTS Design/Science Photo Library

A newly measured value of an electron’s magnetic moment1 — a property of its spin and charge — is twice as precise as the one physicists have used for the past 14 years.

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Nature 614, 596 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00409-2

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  1. Fan, X., Myers, T. G., Sukra, B. A. D. & Gabrielse, G. Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 071801 (2023).

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