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
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