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Precision Lamb shift measurement in hydrogenic nitrogen by fast beam laser spectroscopy

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A measurement of the 2S1/2–2P3/2 (fine structure–Lamb shift) transition in N6+ is under way. The technique involves fast beam spectroscopy with a transverse interaction geometry and uses an isotopic CO2 laser and a resonant build up cavity.

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  1. Department of Physics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA

    E.G. Myers & R. Hankins

  2. Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK

    J.D. Silver & M.R. Tarbutt

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Myers, E., Hankins, R., Silver, J. et al. Precision Lamb shift measurement in hydrogenic nitrogen by fast beam laser spectroscopy. Hyperfine Interactions 127, 329–332 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012636827252

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