Atomic physicists have been awaiting reliable measurements of the Lamb shift in high‐Z atoms as a sensitive test of quantum electrodynamics. Now a team from Bell Telephone Laboratories reports a value of 780.1±8.0 GHz for carbon, atomic number 6, that agrees with the most recent predictions of QED, 783.7±0.25 GHz.

Topics
Lamb shift, Chemical elements, Educational assessment, Quantum electrodynamics, Physicists, Laboratories
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© 1972 American Institute of Physics.
1972
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