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Tag Archive for: fine structure constant

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Intro to the Ionization Energy of Atomic Hydrogen

November 21, 2019
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Introduction In previous articles relating to various transition energies in Hydrogen, Helium, and Deuterium we have employed the following formula for…
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Struggles with the Continuum – Freeman Dyson and QED

February 12, 2016
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 Last time I sketched how physicists use quantum electrodynamics, or 'QED', to compute answers to physics problems as power series in the…
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Why Does C Have a Particular Value, and Can It Change?

September 10, 2015
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Short answer: Because c (speed of light) has units, its value is what it is only because of our choice of units, and there is no meaningful way to test…
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