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Hydrogen-atom spectrum under a minimal-length hypothesis

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

The energy spectrum of the Coulomb potential with minimal length commutation relations [Xi,Pj]=i{δij(1+βP2)+βPiPj}[X_i, P_j] = i\hbar\{\delta_{ij}(1+\beta P^2) + \beta'P_iP_j\} is determined both numerically and perturbatively for arbitrary values of β/β\beta'/\beta and angular momenta \ell. The constraint on the minimal length scale from precision hydrogen spectroscopy data is of order of a few GeV\null1\null^{-1}, weaker than previously claimed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0502222,
  title  = {Hydrogen-atom spectrum under a minimal-length hypothesis},
  author = {Sandor Benczik and Lay Nam Chang and Djordje Minic and Tatsu Takeuchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0502222},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

4 pages, 3 figures, typos corrected, reference added