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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
Finite nuclear mass corrections to electric and magnetic interactions in diatomic molecules
In order to interpret precise measurements of molecular properties the finite
nuclear mass corrections to the Born-Oppenheimer approximation have to be
accounted for. It is shown that they can be obtained systematically in the
perturbative approach. The formulae for the leading corrections to the
relativistic contribution to energy, the transition electric dipole moment, the
electric polarizability, and the magnetic shielding constant are presented.Comment: 24 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Accurate Born-Oppenheimer potential for HeH+
We demonstrate high accuracy calculations for the HeH molecule using
newly developed analytic formulas for two-center two-electron integrals with
exponential functions. The Born-Oppenheimer potential for the ground electronic
state is obtained in the range of 0.1 -- 60 au with precision of
about au. As an example at the equilibrium distance
au the Born-Oppenheimer potential amounts to .
Obtained results lay the ground for theoretical predictions in HeH with
spectroscopic precision.Comment: 7 page
Improved theory of helium fine structure
Improved theoretical predictions for the fine-structure splitting of
levels in helium are obtained by the calculation of contributions of order
. New results for transition frequencies, kHz and kHz disagree significantly
with the experimental values, indicating an outstanding problem in bound state
QED.Comment: 4 page
Precision study of positronium and precision tests of the bound state QED
Despite its very short lifetime positronium provides us with a number of
accurate tests of the bound state QED. In this note a brief overview of QED
theory and precision experiments on the spectrum and annihilation decay of the
positronium atom is presented. Special attention is paid to the accuracy of
theoretical predictions.Comment: A talk presented at 9th International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam
Techniques for Solids and Surfaces (SLOPOS), Dresden, 200
Extrapolation of the Zalpha-Expansion and Two--Loop Bound--State Energy Shifts
Quantum electrodynamic (QED) effects that shift the binding energies of
hydrogenic energy levels have been expressed in terms of a semi-analytic
expansion in powers of Zalpha and ln[(Zalpha)^{-2}], where Z is the nuclear
charge number and alpha is the fine-structure constant. For many QED effects,
numerical data are available in the domain of high Z where the Zalpha expansion
fails. In this Letter, we demonstrate that it is possible, within certain
limits of accuracy, to extrapolate the Zalpha-expansion from the low-Z to the
high-Z domain. We also review two-loop self-energy effects and provide an
estimate for the problematic nonlogarithmic coefficient B_60.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX, Phys. Lett. B, in pres
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