Published August 9, 1976 | Version v1
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The fine structure constant from helium fine structure

Creators

  • 1. Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn. (USA). Gibbs Lab.

Description

New theoretical values of the 23P fine structure splittings in helium are presented. If QED is assumed valid, the experimental values of the splittings combined with theory yield a value for the fine structure constant accurate to 0.94 ppm. (Auth.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., A
Journal Volume
58
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Lett., A.
Journal Page Range
125-126

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
7276240
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ENERGY LEVELS; FINE STRUCTURE; HELIUM 4; MATRIX ELEMENTS; PERTURBATION THEORY; POWER SERIES; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; EQUATIONS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; HELIUM ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SERIES EXPANSION; STABLE ISOTOPES