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Fine structure of helium-like ions and determination of the fine structure constant
We report a calculation of the fine structure splitting in light helium-like
atoms, which accounts for all quantum electrodynamical effects up to order
\alpha^5 Ry. For the helium atom, we resolve the previously reported
disagreement between theory and experiment and determine the fine structure
constant with an accuracy of 31 ppb. The calculational results are extensively
checked by comparison with the experimental data for different nuclear charges
and by evaluation of the hydrogenic limit of individual corrections.Comment: 4 pages, 3 tables, with a typo in Eq. (9) correcte
Fine structure of helium and light helium-like ions
Calculational results are presented for the fine-structure splitting of the
2^3P state of helium and helium-like ions with the nuclear charge Z up to 10.
Theoretical predictions are in agreement with the latest experimental results
for the helium fine-structure intervals as well as with the most of the
experimental data available for light helium-like ions. Comparing the
theoretical value of the 2^3P_0-2^3P_1 interval in helium with the experimental
result [T. Zelevinsky et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 203001 (2005)], we determine
the value of the fine-structure constant \alpha with an accuracy of 31 parts
per billion.Comment: proceedings of the PSAS2010 conference. One misprinted digit in Table
I is correcte
Logarithmic two-loop corrections to the Lamb shift in hydrogen
Higher order logarithmic corrections to the
hydrogen Lamb shift are calculated. The results obtained show the two-loop
contribution has a very peculiar behavior, and significantly alter the
theoretical predictions for low lying S-states.Comment: 14 pages, including 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. A, updated
with minor change
Relativistic corrections to the long range interaction between closed shell atoms
The complete correction to the long range interaction between
neutral closed shell atoms is obtained, the relation to the asymptotic
expansion of the known short range interaction at the atomic scale is presented
and a general interaction potential which is valid in the whole range of the
inter atomic distances is constructed.Comment: 9 pages, accepted for Phys. Rev.
Muonic hydrogen and the proton radius puzzle
The extremely precise extraction of the proton radius by Pohl et al. from the
measured energy difference between the 2P and 2S states of muonic hydrogen
disagrees significantly with that extracted from electronic hydrogen or elastic
electron-proton scattering. This is the proton radius puzzle. The origins of
the puzzle and the reasons for believing it to be very significant are
explained. Various possible solutions of the puzzle are identified, and future
work needed to resolve the puzzle is discussed.Comment: Minor modifications, some references added, to appear in Annu. Rev.
Nucl. Part. Sci. Vol 63 (2013). 60 pages, 5 figures, 1 tabl
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