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The rydberg constant is named after physicist Janne Rydberg, and is a physical constant discovered when measuring the spectrum of hydrogen, and building upon results from Anders Jonas Ångström and Johann Balmer. Each chemical element has its own Rydberg constant, but most commonly referred to is the "infinity" constant.

The "infinity" Rydberg constant is:

The "infinity" constant appears in the formula:

Which gives the Rydberg constant for a certain atom with one electron with the rest mass and the atomic nucleus mass . And can be derived from the formula:

As the formula for the Rydberg constant contains no less than five other physical constants, namely the elementary charge , the electron rest mass , the permittivity of vacuum , Planck's constant , and the speed of lightCherenkov effect in a "swimming pool" nuclear reactor. The effect is due to electrons moving faster than the speed at which light moves in water. The speed of light (denoted as c reputedly from the Latin celeritas "speed", and also known as Einstein's con in vacuumThe article on the vacuum cleaner is located elsewhere. In physics, a vacuum is the absence of matter in a volume of space. A partial vacuum is expressed in units of pressure. The SI unit of pressure is the pascal (abbreviated to Pa in usage). It can also , it is one of the most well-determined physical constants. Measuring the Rydberg constant namely confirms the proportions of the values of the other five constants.

For more information about this formula, see the article on the Rydberg formulaThe Rydberg formula is used in atomic physics for determining the full spectrum of light emission from hydrogen, later extended to be useful with any element. A piece of the original document detailing the Rydberg formula in 1888. The spectrum are the wav.

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