Three-Loop Contribution to Hyperfine Splitting in Muonium: Polarization Corrections to Light by Light Scattering Blob

We calculate corrections of order $\alpha^3(Z\alpha)E_F$ to hyperfine splitting in muonium generated by the gauge invariant set of diagrams with polarization insertions in the light by light scattering diagrams. This nonrecoil contribution turns out to be -2.63 Hz. The total contribution of all known corrections of order $\alpha^3(Z\alpha)E_F$ is equal to -4.28 Hz.Comment: 12 pages, 3 figure

Hyperfine Splitting in Muonium: Accuracy of the Theoretical Prediction

In the last twenty years, the theory of hyperfine splitting in muonium developed without any experimental input. Finally, this situation is changing and a new experiment on measuring hyperfine splitting in muonium is now in progress at J-PARC. The goal of the MuSEUM experiment is to improve by an order of magnitude experimental accuracy of the hyperfine splitting and muon-electron mass ratio. Uncertainty of the theoretical prediction for hyperfine splitting will be crucial for comparison between the forthcoming experimental data and the theory in search of a possible new physics. In the current literature estimates of the error bars of the theoretical prediction differ roughly by a factor of two. We explain the origin of this discrepancy and obtain the theoretical prediction for the muonium hyperfine splitting \Delta \nu^{th}_{\scriptscriptstyle HFS}(Mu)=4~463~302~872~(515)~\mbox{Hz},\; \delta=1.2\times 10^{-7}.Comment: 9 pages; v.2: Minor improvements and corrections, acknowledgments updated, conclusions unchanged; v.3: minor editorial changes, version published in Phys. Lett.

On Some Recent Ideas on the Proton Radius Puzzle and Lepton Anomalous Magnetic Moments

We discuss recent suggestions on the resolution of the proton radius puzzle put forward in [1,2] and discovery of a nonperturbative quantum-electrodynamic contribution of order $(\alpha/\pi)^5$ to lepton anomalous magnetic moments announced in [3,4]. We demonstrate that the ideas of [1, 2] do not resolve the proton radius puzzle. We explain why the nonperturbative correction calculated in [3,4] does not exist.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figure

NEW CORRECTIONS OF ORDER α3(Zα)4\alpha^3(Z\alpha)^4 AND α2(Zα)6\alpha^2(Z\alpha)^6 TO THE LAMB SHIFT

Two corrections to the Lamb shift, induced by the polarization operator insertions in the external photon lines are calculated.Comment: 4 pages, revtex, no figure

Three-Loop Radiative-Recoil Corrections to Hyperfine Splitting Generated by One-Loop Fermion Factors

We consider three-loop radiative-recoil corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium generated by diagrams with one-loop radiative photon insertions both in the electron and muon lines. An analytic result for these nonlogarithmic corrections of order $\alpha(Z^2\alpha)(Z\alpha)(m/M)\widetilde E_F$ is obtained. This result constitutes a next step in the implementation of the program of reduction of the theoretical uncertainty of hyperfine splitting below 10 Hz.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, 1 tabl

Radiative-Recoil Corrections of Order α(Zα)5(m/M)m\alpha(Z\alpha)^5(m/M)m to Lamb Shift Revisited

The results and main steps of an analytic calculation of radiative-recoil corrections of order $\alpha(Z\alpha)^5(m/M)m$ 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 new result eliminates the largest source of the theoretical uncertainty in the magnitude of the deuterium-hydrogen isotope shift.Comment: 14 pages, REVTE

Three-Loop Radiative-Recoil Corrections to Hyperfine Splitting in Muonium: Diagrams with Polarization Loops

We consider three-loop radiative-recoil corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium generated by the diagrams with electron and muon vacuum polarizations. We calculate single-logarithmic and nonlogarithmic contributions of order $\alpha^3(m/M)E_F$ generated by gauge invariant sets of diagrams with electron and muon polarization insertions in the electron and muon factors. Combining the new contributions with our older results we present complete result for all three-loop radiative-recoil corrections generated by the diagrams with electron and muon polarization loops.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figures. Editorial changes, results unchanged. Version published in Phys.Rev.Let

Decays of Pentaquarks in Hadrocharmonium and Molecular Pictures

We consider decays of the hidden charm LHCb pentaquarks in the hadrocharmonium and molecular scenarios. In both pictures the LHCb pentaquarks are essentially nonrelativistic bound states. We develop a semirelativistic framework for calculation of the partial decay widths that allows the final particles to be relativistic. Using this approach we calculate the decay widths in the hadrocharmonium and molecular pictures. Molecular hidden charm pentaquarks are constructed as loosely bound states of charmed and anticharmed hadrons. Calculations show that molecular pentaquarks decay predominantly into states with open charm. Strong suppression of the molecular pentaquark decays into states with hidden charm is qualitatively explained by a relatively large size of the molecular pentaquark. The decay pattern of hadrocharmonium pentaquarks that are interpreted as loosely bound states of excited charmonium $\psi'$ and nucleons is quite different. This time dominate decays into states with hidden charm, but suppression of the decays with charm exchange is weaker than in the respective molecular case. The weaker suppression is explained by a larger binding energy and respectively smaller size of the hadrocharmonium pentaquarks. These results combined with the experimental data on partial decay widths could allow to figure out which of the two theoretical scenarios for pentaquarks (if either) is chosen by nature.Comment: 33 pages, 14 figures; v2: minor editorial changes, version published in Phys. Rev.