Abstract
The past two decades have seen great progress in experimental studies of excited-state fine structure in the helium atom. During this same period, much progress has also been made in the theory of these excited states, with several independent new and productive approaches to such calculations emerging. The possibility of observing long-range Casimir forces through their effect on these helium fine structures, first suggested in 1978 by Kelsey and Spruch,(1) has played a crucial role in these developments. Stimulated by experimental advances in the 1970s, this suggestion in turn stimulated further experimental advances and motivated vastly improved theoretical treatments of the helium Rydberg system. It also marked a turning point in the history of studies of long-range Casimir forces.
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Lundeen, S.R. (1993). Experimental Studies of High-L Rydberg States in Helium. In: Levin, F.S., Micha, D.A. (eds) Long-Range Casimir Forces. Finite Systems and Multiparticle Dynamics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1228-2_2
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