Abstract:A slight anomaly in optical spectra of the hydrogen atom led Willis E. Lamb to the search for the proton size. As a result, he found the shift of the 2S 1/2 level, the first experimental demonstration of quantum electrodynamics (QED). In return, a modern test of QED yielded a new value of the charge radius of the proton. This sounds like Baron Münchausen's tale: to pull oneself out from the marsh by seizing his own hair. An independent method was necessary. Muonic hydrogen spectroscopy came to the aid. However… Show more
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