Precision measurement of the hydrogen and deuterium 1 S ground state Lamb shift

Journal Article · Mon Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.328· OSTI ID:5258533

Weitz, M; Huber, A; Schmidt-Kaler, F; Leibfried, D; Haensch, T W ^[1]

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1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Quantenoptik, 85748 Garching (Germany)

We report on new precision measurements of the 1[ital S] ground state Lamb shift in hydrogen and deuterium, based on a direct frequency comparison of the 1[ital S]-2[ital S] and 2[ital S]-4[ital S] two-photon resonances. By observing the 2[ital S]-4[ital S] transition via blue Balmer-[beta] fluorescence we are now surpassing the accuracy of the 2[ital S] Lamb shift. Our results of 8172.86(6) MHz for hydrogen and 8184.00(8) MHz for deuterium are not in perfect agreement with the theoretical predictions of 8173.12(6) and 8184.13(6) MHz, respectively. We also derive values for the Rydberg constant and the electron-proton mass ratio.

• OSTI ID: 5258533
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 72:3; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
DEUTERIUM
LAMB SHIFT
HYDROGEN
ACCURACY
BALMER LINES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FLUORESCENCE
GROUND STATES
MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES
RESONANCE
RYDBERG CONSTANT
DATA
ELEMENTS
ENERGY LEVELS
FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LUMINESCENCE
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
SPECTRAL SHIFT
STABLE ISOTOPES
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