Precision measurements in helium at 58 nm: Ground state lamb shift and the 1{ital S}-2{ital P} transition isotope shift
- Laser Centre Vrije Universiteit, Department of Physics and Astronomy, De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
A source of narrow bandwidth ({lt}800 MHz) tunable laser radiation at 58.4 nm has been developed and is applied to record the 1{sup 1}{ital S}{minus}2{sup 1}{ital P} transition in {sup 3}He and {sup 4}He. From the {sup 4}He transition frequency of 171134.8936(58) cm{sup {minus}1} a fivefold improved ground state Lamb shift of 1.3763(58) cm{sup {minus}1} is deduced, in good agreement with the theoretical value of 1.3755(10) cm{sup {minus}1}. The measured 1{sup 1}{ital S}{minus}2{sup 1}{ital P} transition isotope shift of 263410(7) MHz presents a more than 2 order of magnitude improvement over a previous value and agrees with a theoretical value of 263411.26(11) MHz. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}
- OSTI ID:
- 284523
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Letters, Vol. 76, Issue 8; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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