Analytic result for corrections of order /spl alpha/(z/spl alpha/)/sup 5/(m/M)m to Lamb shift

The results and main steps of an analytic calculation of radiative-recoil corrections of order /spl alpha/(Z/spl alpha/)/sup 5/(m/M)m to the Lamb shift in hydrogen are presented. The calculations are performed in the infrared safe Yennie gauge. The discrepancy between two previous numerical calculat...

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Published inConference Digest Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements pp. 90 - 91
Main Authors Eides, M.I., Grotch, H., Shelyuto, V.A.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2002
Subjects
Astronomy
Atomic measurements
Electrons
Energy measurement
Hydrogen
Isotopes
Metrology
Nuclear physics
Uncertainty
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Summary:The results and main steps of an analytic calculation of radiative-recoil corrections of order /spl alpha/(Z/spl alpha/)/sup 5/(m/M)m to the Lamb shift in hydrogen are presented. The calculations are performed in the infrared safe Yennie gauge. The discrepancy between two previous numerical calculations of these corrections existing in the literature is resolved. Our result eliminates the largest source of the theoretical uncertainty in the magnitude of the deuterium-hydrogen isotope shift.
ISBN:0780372425
9780780372429
DOI:10.1109/CPEM.2002.1034734