Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4960–4963 (1999)Optical Frequency Measurement of the 2S-12D Transitions in Hydrogen and Deuterium: Rydberg Constant and Lamb Shift DeterminationsSee Also: Erratum Received 22 December 1998; published in the issue dated 21 June 1999 We have performed a pure optical frequency measurement of the 2S-12D two-photon transitions in atomic hydrogen and deuterium. From a complete analysis taking into account this result and all other precise measurements (by ourselves and other authors), we deduce optimized values for the Rydberg constant, R∞ = 109737.31568516(84)cm-1 (relative uncertainty of 7.7×10-12) and for the 1S and 2S Lamb shifts L1S = 8172.837(22)MHz and L2S-2P = 1057.8446(29)MHz [respectively, L1S = 8183.966(22)MHz, and L2S-2P = 1059.2337(29)MHz for deuterium]. These are now the most accurate values available. © 1999 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4960
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.4960
PACS:
06.20.Jr, 21.10.Ft, 31.30.Jv
See AlsoErratum: C. Schwob, L. Jozefowski, B. de Beauvoir, L. Hilico, F. Nez, L. Julien, F. Biraben, O. Acef, J.-J. Zondy, and A. Clairon, Erratum: Optical Frequency Measurement of the 2S-12D Transitions in Hydrogen and Deuterium: Rydberg Constant and Lamb Shift Determinations [Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 4960 (1999)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4193 (2001). |
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