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Lamb Shift Measurement

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1947

Robert Retherford1947

New York · Science / Physics

With Willis Lamb, measures the small separation between hydrogen electron levels predicted equal by Dirac theory.

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Robert Retherford

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