Calculation of QED Effects in Hydrogen

Author

Ulrich D. Jentschura, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Peter J. Mohr
Gerhard Soff

Abstract

Atomic mass differences are influenced by QED corrections, and a reliable understanding of these corrections is therefore of importance for the current and next generation of high-precision mass determinations based on Penning traps. We present a numerical evaluation of the self-energy correction, which is the dominant contribution to the Lamb shift, in the region of low nuclear charge. Our calculation is nonperturbative in the binding field and has a numerical uncertainty of 0.8Hz in atomic hydrogen for the ground state and of 1.0Hz for L-shell states (2S_1/2, 2P_1/2, and 2P_3/2).

Recommended Citation

U. D. Jentschura et al., "Calculation of QED Effects in Hydrogen," Hyperfine Interactions, vol. 132, no. 1-4, pp. 373 - 375, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Jan 2001.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011977519061

Department(s)

Physics

Keywords and Phrases

Quantum Electrodynamics; Specific Calculations

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0304-3843

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2001