Nuclear-size correction to the one-loop self-energy in hydrogenlike ions
Atomic Physics
2026-07-01 v1
Abstract
The nuclear-size effect on both diagonal and off-diagonal one-loop self-energy matrix elements is considered for hydrogenlike ions with , , , and . Specifically, the , , , , and states, as well as the off-diagonal , , and matrix elements are considered. The calculations are performed within the rigorous quantum-electrodynamics framework, nonperturbatively in the nuclear-strength parameter . Excellent agreement is found with results reported in the literature. Simple and useful approximate formulas to treat the nuclear-size correction are obtained, which, in particular, can be used to study the self-energy contributions to the field-shift factors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2607.00554,
title = {Nuclear-size correction to the one-loop self-energy in hydrogenlike ions},
author = {Ping Yang and Aleksei V. Malyshev and Aleksandr N. Kochnev and Vladimir M. Shabaev and Aleksandr S. Shamanaev and Ting-Yun Shi and Dmitry V. Sychkov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.00554},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
9 pages, 2 figures, 5 tables