About Robert Retherford
Lived 1912 – 1981 (aged 68–69). Robert Retherford was an American physicist, known for Lamb shift.
Robert Curtis Retherford (1912–1981) was an American physicist. He was a graduate student of Willis Lamb at Columbia Radiation Laboratory. Retherford and Lamb performed the famous experiment (now known as the Lamb–Retherford experiment) revealing Lamb shift in the fine structure of hydrogen, a decisive experimental step toward a new understanding of quantum electrodynamics.
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Who was Robert Retherford?
American physicist
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Robert Retherford was born in 1912.
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Robert Retherford died in 1981.
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Robert Retherford was a physicist.
What was Robert Retherford known for?
Robert Retherford was known for Lamb shift.
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Robert Retherford was American.
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