PRECISE OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF LAMB SHIFTS IN ATOMIC-HYDROGEN

Authors
BERKELAND DJ HINDS EA BOSHIER MG
Citation
Dj. Berkeland et al., PRECISE OPTICAL MEASUREMENT OF LAMB SHIFTS IN ATOMIC-HYDROGEN, Physical review letters, 75(13), 1995, pp. 2470-2473
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
75
Issue
13
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2470 - 2473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1995)75:13<2470:POMOLS>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
We have measured the combination of hydrogen Lamb shifts L(1S) - 5L(2S ) + 4L(4P) by comparing the frequencies of the 1S-2S and 2S-4P transit ions. The measurement determines the 1S Lamb shift to be 8 172 827(51) kHz, the most precise value for any Lamb shift. The theoretical predi ctions for L(1S) are 8 172 802(30) and 8 172 654(40) kHz, correspondin g to proton charge radius values of 0.862(12) and 0.805(11) fm, respec tively.