Open AccessTest of Quantum Electrodynamics by Muonic Atoms: An Experimental Contribution
Author(s) -
L. Tauscher,
G. Backenstoss,
K. Fransson,
H. Koch,
A. Nilsson,
J. De Raedt
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.35.410
Subject(s) - physics , atomic physics , energy (signal processing) , quantum mechanics
Measurements of the X-ray spectra of muonic Ba and muonic Pb, 4-3 and 5-4 transitions respectively agree with the predictions of quantum electrodynamics to within about 10 eV. (14 refs)
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