Fine Structure of Rydberg States. V. n=5 and 6F and G States of He4

Authors

John W. Farley, The University of Arizona
Doreen A. Weinberger, The University of ArizonaFollow
Shin Sheng Tarng, The University of Arizona
Nancy D. Piltch, The University of Arizona
William H. Wing, The University of Arizona

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1982

Publication Title

Physical Review A

Abstract

We have made 17 new high-precision measurements of the nF-nG intervals (n=5,6) of neutral He4 using the microwave-optical method. The rms one-standard-deviation experimental uncertainty for the transitions reported here is 188 kHz (14 ppm). The new measurements agree with the predictions of a least-squares fit to previous experimental data, and are up to 40 times more precise. The nF-nG manifold is now known experimentally to better than 1 MHz for all values of the quantum numbers. The precision of the experimental measurement exceeds that of the best currently available theory by approximately three orders of magnitude.

Volume

25

Issue

3

First Page

1559

Last Page

1567

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.25.1559

ISSN

10502947

Rights

© 1982 The American Physical Society.

Comments

Archived as published.

Recommended Citation

Farley, John W.; Weinberger, Doreen A.; Tarng, Shin Sheng; Piltch, Nancy D.; and Wing, William H., "Fine Structure of Rydberg States. V. n=5 and 6F and G States of He4" (1982). Physics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/phy_facpubs/108