id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt x920ft86t31 Keith G. Calkins Absolute Optical Frequency Measurements of the Cesium D1 Transitions and Their Effect on Alpha, The Fine-Structure Constant 2005 .txt text/plain 343 14 52 Although known precisely via experiments in each subfield, there is disagreement within and between subfields. These new neutral 133Cs 6s2Så_→6p2På_ transition (D1) frequencies, when combined with the 2002 CODATA values of the Rydberg, proton/electron mass ratio, cesium atomic mass, and cesium recoil frequency, provide an almost QED-free value of alpha: αe=1/137.036 0000(11) or 7.7 ppb. cache/x920ft86t31.txt txt/x920ft86t31.txt