Proposed method for an improved measurement of the (n=2) Lamb shift in atomic hydrogen

21 August 1977

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics

Vol. 10 (12) , 2333-2337
https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/10/12/011

Abstract

A technique is described by which an atomic beam can be used to measure relative changes in microwave power down to the 100 ppm level. Its relevance to the measurements of the n=2 hydrogen Lamb shift is discussed in detail.

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