Experimental determinations of the hyperfine structure in the alkali atoms

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E. Arimondo · Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia

M. Inguscio · Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia

P. Violino · Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia

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The measurements of the hyperfine structure of free, naturally occurring, alkali atoms are reviewed. The experimental methods are discussed, as are the relationships between hyperfine structure data and other atomic constants.

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Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Molecular spectroscopy and chirality

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Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics

Volume 49, Issue 1, pp. 31-75

DOI: 10.1103/revmodphys.49.31

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Experimental determinations of the hyperfine structure in the alkali atoms

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