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 revealing Lamb shift in the fine structure of hydrogen, a decisive experimental step toward a new understanding of quantum electrodynamics.[1][2]
Robert Curtis Retherford | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1912 |
| Died | 1981 (aged 68–69) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Known for | Lamb shift |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Willis Lamb |
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- ^ Lamb, Jr, W. E.; Retherford, R. C. (1947). "Fine Structure of the Hydrogen Atom by a Microwave Method". Physical Review. 72 (3): 241–243. Bibcode:1947PhRv...72..241R. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.72.241.
- ^ Schweber, Silvan (1994). "Chapter 5". QED and the Men Who Did it: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga. Princeton University Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0691033273.