Who shared the Nobel Prize with Willis Lamb?
Niels Bohr
Ernest O. Lawrence
Polykarp Kusch
Enrico Fermi
Answer
Polykarp Kusch shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Willis Lamb in 1955 for their work on the fine structure of the hydrogen atom. Their work showed that the energy levels of the hydrogen atom were not exactly as predicted by Theory of quantum mechanics. This discrepancy, known as the Lamb shift, was later explained by Theory of quantum electrodynamics.
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