Finite nuclear size and Lamb shift of p-wave atomic states
Atomic Physics
2009-11-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We consider corrections to the Lamb shift of p-wave atomic states due to the finite nuclear size (FNS). In other words, these are radiative corrections to the atomic isotop shift related to FNS. It is shown that the structure of the corrections is qualitatively different from that for s-wave states. The perturbation theory expansion for the relative correction for a -state starts from -term, while for -states it starts from term. Here is the fine structure constant and is the nuclear charge. In the present work we calculate the -terms for -states, the result for -state reads . Even more interesting are -states. In this case the ``correction'' is by several orders of magnitude larger than the ``leading'' FNS shift.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0212018,
title = {Finite nuclear size and Lamb shift of p-wave atomic states},
author = {A. I. Milstein and O. P. Sushkov and I. S. Terekhov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0212018},
year = {2009}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures