Speaker
Ayodeji Awobode
(Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
Description
Deviations from the exact value 1, of the electron orbital g-factor g_L, are determined from the measured g_J ratios of some states of the noble gas atoms He, Ne and Ar. The calculated values are compared with those previously found from the ratio of the Lande g-factors measured on the atoms of In, Ga and Na. The anomalies obtained from some of the rare gas atoms are, at least, one order of magnitude higher, in absolute value, than those from the one-valence-electron atoms. Configuration interactions and perturbations are considered for the atomic states analyzed and are found to be negligible. Thus, the electron’s orbital g-factor appears significantly anomalous. The implications for QED and the structure of the electron are discussed.
Author
Ayodeji Awobode
(Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA)