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Deriving the Spectrum, Ch Hyperfine structure and isotope shifts

Problem

The ground state of 85Rb^{85}\mathrm{Rb} is 5S1/25S_{1/2}, with nuclear spin I=5/2I = 5/2. The measured hyperfine splitting between its two levels is 3035.7 MHz3035.7\,\mathrm{MHz}. Find the hyperfine constant AhfsA_{\rm hfs} for this state.

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