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Complete $\alpha^7\,m$ Lamb shift of helium triplet states

Atomic Physics 2021-04-14 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We have derived the complete formula for the α7m\alpha^7\,m contribution to energy levels of an arbitrary triplet state of the helium atom, performed numerical calculations for the 23S2^3S and 23P2^3P states, and thus improved the theoretical accuracy of ionization energies of these states by more than an order of magnitude. Using the nuclear charge radius extracted from the muonic helium Lamb shift, we obtain the theoretical prediction in excellent agreement with the measured 23S23P2^3S - 2^3P transition energy [X.~Zheng et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 199}, 263002 (2017)]. At the same time we observe significant discrepancies with experiments for the 23S33D2^3S- 3^3D and 23P33D2^3P - 3^3D transitions.

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@article{arxiv.2103.01037,
  title  = {Complete $\alpha^7\,m$ Lamb shift of helium triplet states},
  author = {Vojtěch Patkóš and Vladimir A. Yerokhin and Krzysztof Pachucki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.01037},
  year   = {2021}
}

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10 pages, added a few references