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A082726 Continued fraction expansion of current estimate of the fine-structure constant alpha.

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%I A082726 #15 Sep 13 2017 03:10:05
%S A082726 0,137,27,1,3,1,1
%N A082726 Continued fraction expansion of current estimate of the fine-structure constant alpha.
%C A082726 The estimate is continually changing.
%C A082726 The term a(7) is today known to be in between 15 and 17, but most likely equal to 16.
%C A082726 The value refers to the zero-energy limit of the coupling constant. At higher energies the value increases; e.g. at the energy 90 GeV of the Z-boson, it is about 1/128.
%C A082726 a(7) is believed to be 17 or 18 according to the revised 2014 CODATA value. - _Charles R Greathouse IV_, Sep 13 2017
%H A082726 NIST, <a href="https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?alph|search_for=fine+structure">fine-structure constant</a>
%H A082726 NIST, <a href="https://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?alphinv|search_for=fine+structure">inverse fine-structure constant</a>
%H A082726 Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-structure_constant">Fine-structure constant</a>.
%F A082726 alpha = e^2*c*mu/2h, where e ~ 1.602e-19 is the elementary charge, c = 299792458 m/s the speed of light, mu = pi*4e-7 H/m the vacuum permeability, and h ~ 6.626e-34 Planck's constant.
%e A082726 CODATA 2014: alpha = 0.007 297 352 5664(17) = 1 / 137.035 999 139(31), where values in parentheses indicate uncertainty in the preceding 2 digits.
%Y A082726 Cf. A005600.
%K A082726 nonn,cofr,hard,more
%O A082726 0,2
%A A082726 _N. J. A. Sloane_, May 21 2003