Published 1979 | Version v1
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High-resolution spectroscopy of the hydrogen Balmer-alpha line

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The wavelength of the hydrogen 2S/sub 1/2/ - 3P/sub 1/2/ transition, observed by using polarization spectroscopy to probe metastable hydrogen atoms produced in a dc discharge, was measured relative to a nearby molecular iodine transition. A measurement of the wavelength of the iodine transition then yielded the value R/sub infinity/ = 109737.31476(32) cm-1 for the Rydberg constant, with a precision more than three times greater than obtained previously. An improved measurement of the iodine wavelength could immediately yield an additional nearly three-fold improvement in the Ryberg constant, without requiring any further study of hydrogen transitions

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University Microfilms Order No. 80-01,926.

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105 p.

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United States
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United States
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14718096
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
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Thesis, Non-conventional Literature
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ACCURACY; ATOMS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; HYDROGEN; IODINE; METASTABLE STATES; POLARIZABILITY; RYDBERG CORRECTION; SPECTROSCOPY
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CORRECTIONS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS; ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITED STATES; HALOGENS; NONMETALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES