Measurement of the sommerfeld fine-structure constant by level crossing in atomic hydrogen

Harold Metcalf; J. R. Brandenberger; J. C. Baird

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.21.165

Measurement of the sommerfeld fine-structure constant by level crossing in atomic hydrogen

Harold Metcalf
, J. R. Brandenberger
, J. C. Baird

Physics and Astronomy

Brown University

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

5 Scopus citations

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 α-1=137.0353 (8).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	165-169
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.21.165
State	Published - 1968

Access to Document

10.1103/PhysRevLett.21.165

Cite this

@article{b47e19304d444445b00410b05007c4b9,

title = "Measurement of the sommerfeld fine-structure constant by level crossing in atomic hydrogen",

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 α-1=137.0353 (8).",

author = "Harold Metcalf and Brandenberger, \{J. R.\} and Baird, \{J. C.\}",

year = "1968",

doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.21.165",

language = "English",

volume = "21",

pages = "165--169",

journal = "Physical Review Letters",

issn = "0031-9007",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Measurement of the sommerfeld fine-structure constant by level crossing in atomic hydrogen

AU - Metcalf, Harold

AU - Brandenberger, J. R.

AU - Baird, J. C.

PY - 1968

Y1 - 1968

N2 - 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 α-1=137.0353 (8).

AB - 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 α-1=137.0353 (8).

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/36049056452

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.21.165

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.21.165

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:36049056452

SN - 0031-9007

VL - 21

SP - 165

EP - 169

JO - Physical Review Letters

JF - Physical Review Letters

IS - 3

ER -

Measurement of the sommerfeld fine-structure constant by level crossing in atomic hydrogen

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this