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Spectroscopy of hydrogen, the simplest of the stable atoms, has played an important role in the development of atomic theory and quantum mechanics [1]. In recent years, tunable lasers and coherent light techniques have led to dramatic improvements in spectral resolution, opening new opportunities for the measurement of fundamental constants and for stringent tests of quantum electrodynamic calculations. Much progress has been achieved since the previous conference in this series [2]. Nonetheless, laser spectroscopy of atomic hydrogen continues to hold exciting challenges, and future refined experiments may well lead to some surprising fundamental discovery.
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Ferguson, A.I., Goldsmith, J.E.M., Hänsch, T.W., Weber, E.W. (1979). High Resolution Spectroscopy of Atomic Hydrogen. In: Walther, H., Rothe, K.W. (eds) Laser Spectroscopy IV. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38950-7_4
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