Search results
Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. (/ l æ m /; July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum."
May 15, 2008 · Willis E. Lamb was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for his work on the fine structure of hydrogen, deuterium and helium. He studied the electromagnetic properties of nuclear systems, the interactions of neutrons and matter, and the theory of a microwave spectroscope.
May 11, 2024 · Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. was an American physicist and corecipient, with Polykarp Kusch, of the 1955 Nobel Prize for Physics for experimental work that spurred refinements in the quantum theories of electromagnetic phenomena.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 15, 2008 · Willis Lamb discovered the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum, which challenged Dirac's theory of quantum electrodynamics. He used precise measurements to reveal the Lamb shift, a small difference in energy levels in the hydrogen atom.
Jun 11, 2008 · Willis Lamb, who died on 15 May aged 94, received his highest recognition in 1955, when he was awarded one half of the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the subtle quantum-mechanical...
- Murray Sargent
- 2008
May 22, 2008 · Willis e. lamb jr., whose elegant demonstration of a small energy difference between two excited states of the hydrogen atom laid the foundation for the application of quantum theory to...
People also ask
Who is Willis Lamb?
Who is Willis Eugene Lamb?
How did Willis Lamb determine the Lamb shift?
What is a lamb-Bennett dip?
May 20, 2008 · Willis E. Lamb Jr., who shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of a slight and subtle discrepancy in the quantum theory describing how electrons behave in the hydrogen atom,...
Searches related to Willis Lamb
willis lamb nobel prize willis lamb wikipedia
