Abstract
The hyperfine separation of the metastable state of the deuterium atom has been measured by an atomic-beam magnetic-resonance method that has been described previously. We found that kc/sec. From this result and the ground-state separation we obtain . Comparison of this value with the corresponding quantity for hydrogen, , confirms within experimental error the theoretical prediction that .
- Received 12 September 1956
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.104.1585
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