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American Journal of Physics

Hyperfine splitting in the ground state of hydrogen

David J. Griffiths

Published Aug 1, 1982• 96 citations
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Abstract

The hyperfine structure of atomic hydrogen is derived in a simple and self-contained way that makes the theory accessible to advanced undergraduates in a first course on quantum mechanics.
DOI
10.1119/1.12733

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