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- Title
Quantum electrodynamics, high-resolution spectroscopy and fundamental constants.
- Authors
Karshenboim, Savely; Ivanov, Vladimir
- Abstract
Recent progress in high-resolution spectroscopy has delivered us a variety of accurate optical results, which can be used for the determination of the atomic fundamental constants and for constraining their possible time variation. We present a brief overview of the results discussing in particular, the determination of the Rydberg constant, the relative atomic weight of the electron and proton, their mass ratio and the fine structure constant. Many individual results on those constants are obtained with use of quantum electrodynamics, and we discuss which sectors of QED are involved. We derive constraints on a possible time variation of the fine structure constants and $$m_{e}/m_{p}$$ .
- Subjects
QUANTUM electrodynamics; HIGH resolution spectroscopy; FINE-structure constant; ATOMIC units; ATOMIC weights; RYDBERG constant
- Publication
Applied Physics B: Lasers & Optics, 2017, Vol 123, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0946-2171
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00340-016-6582-x