On the Effects of Internal Nuclear Motion on the Hyperfine Structure of Deuterium

Abstract

The effects of internal nuclear motion on the hyperfine structure of deuterium are investigated, using Dirac theory for the electron and non-relativistic theory for the nucleus. Although the final result is in fair agreement with experiment, theoretical and experimental uncertainties are at present too large to allow any conclusions to be drawn concerning the possible deviation of nucleon magnetic fields from those of simple dipoles.