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| Authors | J. L. Friar, G. L. Payne |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | nucl-th/9705036 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9705036 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.5173 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.A56:5173-5175,1997 |
Abstract
Nuclear-size corrections of order $(Z \alpha)^5$ and $(Z \alpha)^6$ to the S-state levels of hydrogenic atoms are considered. These nuclear-elastic contributions are somewhat smaller than the polarizability (nuclear-inelastic) corrections for deuterium, but are of comparable or larger size for the hydrogen case. For deuterium the (attractive) nonrelativistic $(Z \alpha)^5$ correction to the 2S-1S transition is 0.49 kHz, while the (repulsive) relativistic $(Z \alpha)^6$ contribution is -3.40 kHz. For the proton the corresponding corrections are 0.03 kHz and -0.61 kHz, respectively. The $(Z \alpha)^5$ contribution largely cancels the Coulomb-retardation part of the nuclear-polarization correction.
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