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Isotopic Displacement and Hyperfine Structure

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THE analysis of the hyperfine structure of thallium and mercury1 has led to the discovery of a structure which is not due to the spin of the nucleus but to a displacement of the atomic levels in different isotopes.

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RACAH, G. Isotopic Displacement and Hyperfine Structure. Nature 129, 723–724 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129723a0

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