Light-Front Hamiltonian Approach to the Bound-State Problem in Quantum Electrodynamics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-09-25 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
This dissertation presents the first theoretical investigation of the Lamb shift in a light-front hamiltonian approach: the dominant part of the splitting between the 2S(1/2) and 2P(1/2) energy levels in hydrogen is calculated. Also presented for the first time is an analytic calculation in a light-front hamiltonian approach of the singlet-triplet spin splitting in the ground state of positronium through fourth order in the fine-structure constant.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9709463,
title = {Light-Front Hamiltonian Approach to the Bound-State Problem in Quantum Electrodynamics},
author = {Billy D. Jones},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9709463},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Ph.D. Dissertation at The Ohio State University, 149 pages (LaTeX2e)