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Tony Hyun Kim (Partner: Connor McEntee) 12/8/2008 8.13 MW2-5 Prof. Roland

Tony Hyun Kim (Partner: Connor McEntee) 12/8/2008 8.13 MW2-5 Prof. Roland. Optical Spectroscopy of Hydrogenic Atoms: Rydberg fits of 1 H and 2 H, and Determination of the mass ratio. Topics to be discussed. Introduction Historical context Quantum mechanics of atomic emission

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Tony Hyun Kim (Partner: Connor McEntee) 12/8/2008 8.13 MW2-5 Prof. Roland

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  1. Tony Hyun Kim (Partner: Connor McEntee) 12/8/2008 8.13 MW2-5 Prof. Roland Optical Spectroscopy of Hydrogenic Atoms:Rydberg fits of 1H and 2H, and Determination of the mass ratio

  2. Topics to be discussed • Introduction • Historical context • Quantum mechanics of atomic emission • Experimental setup • Analysis and Results • Fitting the lineshape • Mercury calibration • Hydrogen and deuterium fits • Sources of Error; Possible improvements • Conclusions • Verification of the hydrogen Rydberg • Estimate of the hydrogen-deuterium mass ratio

  3. Atomic spectra: a historical context • By 19th century, tremendous amounts of atomic spectral data collected. • What are the underlying mathematical patterns and the physical explanations? Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_spectrum

  4. Atomic spectra: a historical context • By 19th century, tremendous amounts of atomic spectral data collected. • What are the underlying mathematical patterns and the physical explanations? Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_spectrum

  5. QM of the optical electron • Reduced, one-body SE yields eigenenergies: • Light emitted when electron undergoes transition: ni nf Image source: Griffiths. "Intro. to QM (2nd Ed.)" Pearson 2005.

  6. Experimental setup: Basic principles • Used JY1250M monochromator (R ~ 104  0.03 A step size!) • Counter indicates the orientation of grating Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monochromator

  7. Experimental setup parameters • Slit sizes: quality of lineshape vs. signal size • Integration time: -error vs. patience

  8. Experimental setup parameters • Slit sizes: quality of lineshape vs. signal size • Integration time: -error vs. patience • Most important: Shot-to-shot repeatability! 0.17 A

  9. Typical monochromator data • Voigt gives better fit than Gaussian, but the means agree! • Typical errors in fitted mean: ~0.001 A

  10. Mercury calibration • Monochromator’s counter is not physically accurate • Produced quadratic conversion function:

  11. Results: Hydrogen Rydberg • Our measured value: • Correct for index of refraction of air (n = 1.0003) • Compare to published value:

  12. Results: 1H/2H mass ratio • From … • Compute mD using known values of me, mp (NIST) • Published value:

  13. An improved optical setup • Since we regard the Hg-lines as “ruler”… • Scheme for circumventing the 0.17A mechanical error: • Especially useful for isotope shift measurement Superimpose sources Monochromator Input

  14. Conclusions • Performed spectroscopy of 1H/2H • The Rydberg formula for hydrogen was confirmed. Excellent agreement with published values: • Ratio of Rydberg constants was used to deduce mass ratio:

  15. Large relative error on mass ratio? • Recall: • Since nuclear mass has a subdued effect on overall reduced mass. • Hence, can expect large relative errors in nuclear mass, associated with minute errors in R.

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