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An interferometric measurement of the 1s-2s transition frequency in atomic hydrogen

An interferometric measurement of the 1s-2s transition frequency in atomic hydrogen
An interferometric measurement of the 1s-2s transition frequency in atomic hydrogen
Two photon Doppler free laser spectroscopy has been used to measure the 1S½--2S½ transition frequency in atomic hydrogen by interferometric comparison with a reference line in 130Te2. The measured 1S½--2S½ transition frequency of 2 466 061 397 (25) MHz is in good agreement with the theoretical value 2 466 061 405.5 (2.9) MHz. This measurement can be used to deduce a value for the ground state Lamb shift giving 8182(25) MHz, which may be compared with a theoretical value 8173.248(81) MHz. Alternatively a value of the Rydberg constant can be deduced as 10 973 731.50 (11) m-1 which is consistent with other measurements but with a slightly larger uncertainty. This is the first time that the Rydberg constant has been measured on a transition in atomic hydrogen other than Balmer (alpha) using techniques of laser spectroscopy.
University of Southampton
Barr, John Richard McAlpine
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Barr, John Richard McAlpine
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Ferguson, A.I.
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Barr, John Richard McAlpine (1986) An interferometric measurement of the 1s-2s transition frequency in atomic hydrogen. University of Southampton, Physics Department, Doctoral Thesis, 249pp.

Record type: Thesis (Doctoral)

Abstract

Two photon Doppler free laser spectroscopy has been used to measure the 1S½--2S½ transition frequency in atomic hydrogen by interferometric comparison with a reference line in 130Te2. The measured 1S½--2S½ transition frequency of 2 466 061 397 (25) MHz is in good agreement with the theoretical value 2 466 061 405.5 (2.9) MHz. This measurement can be used to deduce a value for the ground state Lamb shift giving 8182(25) MHz, which may be compared with a theoretical value 8173.248(81) MHz. Alternatively a value of the Rydberg constant can be deduced as 10 973 731.50 (11) m-1 which is consistent with other measurements but with a slightly larger uncertainty. This is the first time that the Rydberg constant has been measured on a transition in atomic hydrogen other than Balmer (alpha) using techniques of laser spectroscopy.

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Published date: May 1986
Organisations: University of Southampton, Physics & Astronomy

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Local EPrints ID: 396719
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/396719
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Author: John Richard McAlpine Barr
Thesis advisor: A.I. Ferguson

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