title: g-Factor of heavy ions: a new access to the fine structure constant.
abstract: A possibility for a determination of the fine structure constant in experiments on the bound-electron g-factor is examined. It is found that studying a specific difference of the g-factors of B- and H-like ions of the same spinless isotope in the Pb region to the currently accessible experimental accuracy of 7 x 10(-10) would lead to a determination of the fine structure constant to an accuracy which is better than that of the currently accepted value. Further improvements of the experimental and theoretical accuracy could provide a value of the fine structure constant which is several times more precise than the currently accepted one.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Oulianovskaya 1, Petrodvorets, St. Petersburg 198504, Russia.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Shabaev
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Glazov
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Oreshkina
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Volotka
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Plunien
authors.forename: H-J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kluge
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Quint