The Hydrogen Atom Precision Physics of Simple Atomic Systems /

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• Other Authors: Karshenboim, S.G (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pavone, F.S (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bassani, F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Inguscio, M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hänsch, T.W (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 570
• Subjects: Quantum physics.; Atoms.; Physics.; Quantum Physics.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.

For more than a century, studies of atomic hydrogen have been a rich source of scientific discoveries. These began with the Balmer series in 1885 and the early quantum theo- ries of the atom, and later included the development of QED and the first successful gauge field theory. Today, hydrogen and i...