Robert Retherford
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| Alma mater | Columbia University |
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| Known for | Lamb shift |
| Academic advisor | Willis Lamb |
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| ID | 901810 |
About Robert Retherford
Robert Curtis Retherford 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.
