• DocumentCode
    3448626
  • Title

    Precision Spectroscopy of Metastable Atomic Hydrogen: Towards an Improved Determination of the Rydberg Constant

  • Author

    Flowers, J.L. ; Klein, H.A. ; Margolis, H.S. ; Reed, R.P.

  • Author_Institution
    National Phys. Lab., Teddington
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    38139
  • Firstpage
    478
  • Lastpage
    479
  • Abstract
    We describe progress on a new experiment that is underway at NPL to measure the 2S-nS,D transitions in atomic hydrogen using a metastable atomic beam. This work will contribute to an improved value of the Rydberg constant
  • Keywords
    Rydberg states; atomic beams; metastable states; spectroscopy; Rydberg constant; metastable atomic beam; metastable atomic hydrogen; precision spectroscopy; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Frequency measurement; Hydrogen; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Metastasis; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 2004 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8494-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-8494-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.2004.305319
  • Filename
    4097330