Measurement of theatomic hydrogen hyperfine interval
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 61 (4) , 044501
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.61.044501
Abstract
The metastable-state hyperfine interval in atomic hydrogen has been measured to a precision of 160 ppb by driving the magnetic-dipole radio-frequency transition in a thermal beam. The hyperfine interval is found to be which is the most precise measurement of this interval.
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