Physics – Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
2008-12-18
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 213002 (2009)
Physics
Atomic Physics
4 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
An optical measurement of the 2S hyperfine interval in atomic hydrogen using two-photon spectroscopy of the 1S-2S transition gives a value of 177 556 834.3(6.7) Hz. The uncertainty is 2.4 times smaller than achieved by our group in 2003 and more than 4 times smaller than for any independent radio-frequency measurement. The specific combination of the 2S and 1S hyperfine intervals predicted by QED theory $D_{21}=8 f_{\rm HFS}({2S}) - f_{\rm HFS}({1S})=48 953(3)$ Hz is in good agreement with the value of 48 923(54) Hz obtained from this experiment.
Alnis Janis
Haensch Theodor W.
Karshenboim Savely G.
Kolachevsky Nikolai N.
Matveev Andrey A.
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