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We have performed for the first time precision spectroscopy on a coasting fast7Li+ ion beam in a storage ring. The ion beam moving with 6.4% speed of light was first electron cooled and then merged with two counterpropagating laser beams acting on two different hyperfine transitions sharing a common upper level (λ-system). One laser was frequency locked to thea 3 127J2 hfs frequency component established as a secondary frequency standard at 514 nm. The second laser was tuned over theλ-resonance, which was recorded relative to127J2 hfs components. This experiment is sensitive to the time dilation in fast moving frames and will lead to new limits for the verification of special relatively. The present status of the experiment and perspectives in accuracy are discussed.
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The authors thank J. Helmcke and his division at the PTB Braunschweig for their support in laser stabilization. This work is supported by Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (under Contracts No. 06MZ188I and 06HD133I) and GSI (No. MZH1C).
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Klein, R., Grieser, R., Hoog, L. et al. Measurement of the transverse Doppler shift using a stored relativistic7Li+ ion beam. Z. Physik A - Hadrons and Nuclei 342, 455–461 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01294956
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