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Study of hyperfine structure in simple atoms and precision tests of the bound state QED

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We consider the most accurate tests of bound state QED, precision theory of simple atoms, related to the hyperfine splitting in light hydrogen-like atoms. We discuss the HFS interval of the 1s state in muonium and positronium and of the 2s state in hydrogen, deuterium and helium-3 ion. We summarize their QED theory and pay attention to involved effects of strong interactions. We also consider recent optical measurements of the 2s HFS interval in hydrogen and deuterium.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0608236,
  title  = {Study of hyperfine structure in simple atoms and precision tests of the bound state QED},
  author = {S. G. Karshenboim and S. I. Eidelman and P. Fendel and V. G. Ivanov and N. N. Kolachevsky and V. A. Shelyuto and T. W. Haensch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0608236},
  year   = {2008}
}

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presented at The International Workshop "e+e- collisions from phi to psi"