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Second Order in Mass Ratio Radiative-Recoil Corrections to Hyperfine Splitting in Muonium

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-08-25 v2 Atomic Physics

Abstract

Radiative-recoil corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium of orders α(Zα)(m/M)2EF\alpha(Z\alpha)(m/M)^2E_F and (Z2α)(Zα)(m/M)2EF(Z^2\alpha)(Z\alpha)(m/M)^2E_F are calculated. These corrections are of the second order in the small electron-muon mass ratio. An analytic expression [(6ln234)α(Zα)1712(Z2α)(Zα)](mM)2EF[(-6 \ln2- \frac{3}{4})\alpha (Z\alpha) - \frac{17}{12} (Z^2 \alpha) (Z\alpha)](\frac{m}{M})^2 E_F is obtained. Numerically the correction is equal to 0.0351\mboxkHz-0.0351\:\mbox{kHz} and is of the same order of magnitude as the expected accuracy of the current Los Alamos experiment to measure the hyperfine splitting.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9801384,
  title  = {Second Order in Mass Ratio Radiative-Recoil Corrections to Hyperfine Splitting in Muonium},
  author = {Michael I. Eides and Howard Grotch and Valery A. Shelyuto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9801384},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Revtex, 19 pages, 3 tables; two references added, no other changes