Recoil Correction to Hydrogen Energy Levels: A Revision
Atomic Physics
2009-10-30 v1
Abstract
Recent calculations of the order (Z\alpha)^4(m/M)Ry pure recoil correction to hydrogen energy levels are critically revised. The origins of errors made in the previous works are elucidated. In the framework of a successive approach, we obtain the new result for the correction to S levels. It amounts to -16.4 kHz in the ground state and -1.9 kHz in the 2S state.
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@article{arxiv.physics/9706014,
title = {Recoil Correction to Hydrogen Energy Levels: A Revision},
author = {A. Yelkhovsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9706014},
year = {2009}
}
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15 pages, Latex, no figures