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Effect of hyperfine interaction on radiative transitions and the polarizability of the hydrogen atom

Journal Article · · Opt. Spectrosc. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5679449
The tensor polarizability of the hydrogen atom ground state and also the np/sub 1//sub ///sub 2/ state, which arises due to hyperfine interaction, has been calculated. The effect of hyperfine interaction on the (2p/sub 1//sub ///sub 2/)--(1s/sub 1//sub ///sub 2/) transition probability, used to measure Lamb shift in the hydrogen atom, has been studied. This effect turns out to be negligibly small.
Research Organization:
Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
OSTI ID:
5679449
Journal Information:
Opt. Spectrosc. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Opt. Spectrosc. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 59:4; ISSN OPSUA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English