DocumentCode
2281566
Title
Analytic result for corrections of order /spl alpha/(z/spl alpha/)/sup 5/(m/M)m to Lamb shift
Author
Eides, M.I. ; Grotch, H. ; Shelyuto, V.A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Kentucky Univ., Lexington, KY, USA
fYear
2002
fDate
16-21 June 2002
Firstpage
90
Lastpage
91
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Lamb shift; hydrogen neutral atoms; isotope shifts; radiative corrections; H; Lamb shift; deuterium-hydrogen isotope shift; hydrogen atom; infrared safe Yennie gauge; radiative-recoil correction; Astronomy; Atomic measurements; Electrons; Energy measurement; Hydrogen; Isotopes; Metrology; Nuclear physics; USA Councils; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, 2002. Conference Digest 2002 Conference on
Conference_Location
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7242-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CPEM.2002.1034734
Filename
1034734
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