Table 1 Error budget table for the measurement in Fig. 3

From: Measurement of the variation of electron-to-proton mass ratio using ultracold molecules produced from laser-cooled atoms

Statistical Uncertainty

 

|i〉 − |f〉 transition

93 mHz

nd-order Zeeman

15 mHz

Statistical total

94 mHz

Systematic Fluctuation

 

nd-order Zeeman

1 mHz

Blackbody radiation

10 mHz

Stark

1 mHz

Reference clock

<1 mHz

Density shift

<1 mHz

Systematic total

10 mHz

  1. The total uncertainty is dominated by the statistical error of the |i〉 − |f〉 transition measurements
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