Biography:Willis Lamb
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| Willis Lamb | |
| Born | 12 July 1913 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Died | 15 May 2008 Tucson, Arizona, United States
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| Known for | Lamb shift; quantum electrodynamics tests; laser theory |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1955) |
Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. (12 July 1913 - 15 May 2008) was an American physicist whose precision spectroscopy of hydrogen revealed the Lamb shift.
Quantum context
The Lamb shift showed that energy levels predicted to coincide by the Dirac equation are slightly separated in real hydrogen. Explaining the shift became a decisive early success for renormalized quantum electrodynamics.
Although the event feed links Lamb from the quantum eraser experiment, his strongest Quantum Collection context is precision atomic physics and QED, where vacuum fluctuations and radiative corrections affect observable spectra.
Linked Quantum Collection pages
- Physics:Quantum eraser experiment
- Physics:Quantum electrodynamics
- Physics:Quantum atoms energy level
- Physics:Quantum electromagnetic field
References
- "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1955". Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1955/summary/.
- Lamb, W. E.; Retherford, R. C. (1947). "Fine Structure of the Hydrogen Atom by a Microwave Method". Physical Review 72 (3): 241-243. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.72.241.
Author: Harold Foppele
Source attribution: Biography:Willis Lamb