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Lamb Shift

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

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1947

Willis Eugene Lamb1947

New York · Science / Physics

With Robert Retherford, measures a small shift between hydrogen electron energy levels that becomes a decisive test of quantum electrodynamics.

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Willis Eugene Lamb

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