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    In atomic physics, the fine structure describes the splitting of the spectral lines of atoms due to electron spin and relativistic corrections to the non-relativistic...
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    In physics, the fine-structure constant, also known as the Sommerfeld constant, commonly denoted by α (the Greek letter alpha), is a fundamental physical...
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    X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) is a specific structure observed in X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). By analyzing the XAFS, information can...
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    Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), along with X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), is a subset of X-ray absorption spectroscopy...
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  • eukaryotic chromosome fine structure refers to the structure of sequences for the chromosomes of eukaryotic organisms. Some fine sequences are included...
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    field generated by the rotation of the molecule. Hyperfine structure contrasts with fine structure, which results from the interaction between the magnetic...
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  • X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), also known as near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS), is a type of absorption spectroscopy that...
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  • Fine structure theory may refer to: Fine structure, a property in quantum physics Fine structure theory, the study of the levels of the Jensen hierarchy...
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  • Temporal envelope (ENV) and temporal fine structure (TFS) are changes in the amplitude and frequency of sound perceived by humans over time. These temporal...
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  • universal dimensionless constants. Perhaps the best-known example is the fine-structure constant, α, which has an approximate value of ⁠1/137.036⁠. It has been...
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  • In solid state physics and physical chemistry, the fine electronic structure of a solid are the features of the electronic bands induced by intrinsic...
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  • studying distant quasars, has claimed to detect a variation of the fine-structure constant at the level in one part in 105. Other authors dispute these...
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  • Fine structure genetics is a subfield of genetics which encompasses a set of tools used to examine not just the mutations within an entire genome, but...
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    Because of the spin–orbit interaction, the Lyman-alpha line splits into a fine-structure doublet with the wavelengths of 1215.668 and 1215.674 angstroms. These...
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  • narrower case of dimensionless universal physical constants, such as the fine-structure constant α, which characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic...
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  • determined constant, its value being proportional to the dimensionless fine-structure constant, which is known to a relative uncertainty of 1.6×10−10, with...
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  • 1/137 was once thought to be the exact value of the fine-structure constant. The fine-structure constant, a dimensionless physical constant, is approximately...
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    }}\ln {\frac {1}{\pi \alpha }},} where α {\displaystyle \alpha } is the fine-structure constant. This shift is about 500 MHz, within an order of magnitude...
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    barium). The natural reactor of Oklo has been used to check if the atomic fine-structure constant α might have changed over the past 2 billion years. That is...
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  • (2001). "Electron affinities of 16 O, 17 O, 18 O, the fine structure of 16O−, and the hyperfine structure of 17O−". Phys. Rev. A. 64 (5): 052504. Bibcode:2001PhRvA...
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  • the fine-structure constant. The CODATA value of the Bohr radius (in SI units) is 5.29177210544(82)×10−11 m. In the Bohr model for atomic structure, put...
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    \alpha ^{2}mc^{2}} , where α {\displaystyle \alpha } is the unitless fine-structure constant, defined as α ≡ e 2 4 π ϵ 0 ℏ c ≈ 1 137.036 {\displaystyle...
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    the Pauli exclusion principle, the Aufbau principle, and Hund's rule. Fine structure arises from relativistic kinetic energy corrections, spin–orbit coupling...
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    February and March 2007 by the New Horizons spacecraft revealed a rich fine structure in the main ring. In visible and near-infrared light, the rings have...
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  • specific tests of QED consist of measurements of the electromagnetic fine-structure constant, α, in various physical systems. Checking the consistency of...
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    electronic structure in close vicinity of the chosen atom. Thus, RIXS experiments give valuable information about the local electronic structure of complex...
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  • speculated that physical constants such as the gravitational constant or the fine-structure constant might be subject to change over time in proportion of the age...
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  • order of an amorphous material can be elucidated. X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy is an atomic scale probe making it useful for studying...
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    absorption near-edge structure (XANES), introduced in 1980 and later in 1983 and also called NEXAFS (near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure), which are dominated...
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  • zitterbewegung effect. The addition of these three corrections is known as the fine structure. The interaction between the magnetic field created by the electron...
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