PRECISE OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF LAMB SHIFTS IN ATOMIC-HYDROGEN

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BERKELAND, DJ
HINDS, EA
BOSHIER, MG
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[1] Physics Department, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8120
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.2470
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have measured the combination of hydrogen Lamb shifts L(1S) - 5L(2S) + 4L(4P) by comparing the frequencies of the 1S-2S and 2S-4P transitions. The measurement determines the 1S Lamb shift to be 8 172 827(51) kHz, the most precise value for any Lamb shift. The theoretical predictions for L(1S) are 8 172 802(30) and 8 172 654(40) kHz, corresponding to proton charge radius values of 0.862(12) and 0.805(11) fm, respectively.
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