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Light-by-light scattering in the Lamb shift and the bound electron g factor

Atomic Physics 2016-12-21 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We compute an O(α2(Zα)6)\mathcal{O}\left(\alpha^2(Z\alpha)^6\right) contribution to the hydrogen-atom Lamb shift arising from the light-by-light scattering. Analogous diagrams, with one atomic electric field insertion replaced by an external magnetic field, contribute to the gyromagnetic factor of the bound electron at O(α2(Zα)4)\mathcal{O}\left(\alpha^2(Z\alpha)^4\right). We also calculate the contribution to the gyromagnetic factor from the muon magnetic loop.

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@article{arxiv.1611.04875,
  title  = {Light-by-light scattering in the Lamb shift and the bound electron g factor},
  author = {Andrzej Czarnecki and Robert Szafron},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.04875},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

6 pages, 5 figures v2: some references added, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A

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