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Robert Curtis Retherford
Born1912 (1912)
Died1981 (aged 68–69)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater Columbia University
Known for Lamb shift
Scientific career
Fields Physics
Institutions Columbia University
Doctoral advisor Willis Lamb

Robert Curtis Retherford (1912–1981) was an American physicist. He was a graduate student of Willis Lamb at Columbia Radiation Laboratory. Retherford and Lamb performed the famous experiment revealing Lamb shift in the fine structure of hydrogen, a decisive experimental step toward a new understanding of quantum electrodynamics. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ^ Lamb, Jr, W. E.; Retherford, R. C. (1947). "Fine Structure of the Hydrogen Atom by a Microwave Method". Physical Review. 72 (3): 241–243. Bibcode: 1947PhRv...72..241R. doi: 10.1103/PhysRev.72.241.
  2. ^ Schweber, Silvan (1994). "Chapter 5". QED and the Men Who Did it: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga. Princeton University Press. p.  215. ISBN  978-0691033273.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Curtis Retherford
Born1912 (1912)
Died1981 (aged 68–69)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater Columbia University
Known for Lamb shift
Scientific career
Fields Physics
Institutions Columbia University
Doctoral advisor Willis Lamb

Robert Curtis Retherford (1912–1981) was an American physicist. He was a graduate student of Willis Lamb at Columbia Radiation Laboratory. Retherford and Lamb performed the famous experiment revealing Lamb shift in the fine structure of hydrogen, a decisive experimental step toward a new understanding of quantum electrodynamics. [1] [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lamb, Jr, W. E.; Retherford, R. C. (1947). "Fine Structure of the Hydrogen Atom by a Microwave Method". Physical Review. 72 (3): 241–243. Bibcode: 1947PhRv...72..241R. doi: 10.1103/PhysRev.72.241.
  2. ^ Schweber, Silvan (1994). "Chapter 5". QED and the Men Who Did it: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga. Princeton University Press. p.  215. ISBN  978-0691033273.

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