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View SchemaCalculation of the One- and Two-Loop Lamb Shift for Arbitrary Excited Hydrogenic States
| Authors | Andrzej Czarnecki, Ulrich D. Jentschura, Krzysztof Pachucki |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0603120 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0603120 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.180404 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.Lett. 95 (2005) 180404 |
Abstract
General expressions for quantum electrodynamic corrections to the one-loop self-energy [of order alpha(Zalpha)^6] and for the two-loop Lamb shift [of order alpha^2(Z\alpha)^] are derived. The latter includes all diagrams with closed fermion loops. The general results are valid for arbitrary excited non-S hydrogenic states and for the normalized Lamb shift difference of S states, defined as Delta_n = n^3 DeltaE(nS) - DeltaE(1S). We present numerical results for one-loop and two-loop corrections for excited S, P and D states. In particular, the normalized Lamb shift difference of S states is calculated with an uncertainty of order 0.1 kHz.
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"abstract": "General expressions for quantum electrodynamic corrections to the one-loop\nself-energy [of order alpha(Zalpha)^6] and for the two-loop Lamb shift [of\norder alpha^2(Z\\alpha)^] are derived. The latter includes all diagrams with\nclosed fermion loops. The general results are valid for arbitrary excited non-S\nhydrogenic states and for the normalized Lamb shift difference of S states,\ndefined as Delta_n = n^3 DeltaE(nS) - DeltaE(1S). We present numerical results\nfor one-loop and two-loop corrections for excited S, P and D states. In\nparticular, the normalized Lamb shift difference of S states is calculated with\nan uncertainty of order 0.1 kHz.",
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"doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.180404",
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"title": "Calculation of the One- and Two-Loop Lamb Shift for Arbitrary Excited Hydrogenic States",
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