Quantum & Atomic Physics

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A small energy difference between the 2s1/2 and 2p1/2 states of hydrogen caused by quantum vacuum fluctuations.

A technique using photon momentum from red-detuned laser beams to slow down moving gas atoms, cooling them to microkelvin temperatures.

The hydrogen spectral series resulting from electron transitions dropping from higher excited states down to the ground state (n=1).