Measurement of the Lamb shift in the hydrogen atom (n = 2)

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Sov. Phys. - JETP (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/PU1982v025n10ABEH004652· OSTI ID:6301481

Sokolov, Y L; Yakovlev, V P

A principle is proposed for the observation of the stationary interference pattern of two phase-shifted components of the 2p (or 2s) state of the hydrogen atom (Yu. L. Sokolov, Sov. Phys. JETP 36, 243 (1973)); (Proc. 6-th Internat. Conf. on Atomic Phys., Riga, 1978, p. 207). An atomic interferometer, a device analogous in principle to a two-channel optical (such as Michelson's) interferometer, is used to measure the frequency of the (2s/sub 1/2/, F = 0)--(2p/sub 1/2/, F = 0) transition in the hydrogen atom, which is found to equal 909.9014 +- 0.0019 MHz. The corresponding Lamb shift is delta(H, n = 2) = 1057.8594 +- 0.0019 MHz.

• Research Organization: I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy
• OSTI ID: 6301481
• Journal Information: Sov. Phys. - JETP (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 56:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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