The lamb shift-yesterday, today, and tomorrow

Science

Volumn 328, Issue 5983, 2010, Pages 1239-1241

  Scully, Marian O ^a   Svidzinsky, Anatoly A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN; QUANTUM MECHANICS; WAVELENGTH;

ATOM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENERGY YIELD; LAMB SHIFT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SHORT SURVEY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77953283108     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1190737     Document Type: Short Survey

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