Measurement of the Sommerfeld Fine-Structure Constant by Level Crossing in Atomic Hydrogen
- 15 July 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 21 (3), 165-169
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.21.165
Abstract
The Sommerfeld fine-structure constant has been measured in atomic hydrogen by level-crossing spectroscopy at 3484 G. The fine-structure interval is found to be 10 969.15(12) MHz and the fine-structure constant .
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