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We calculate the O(alpha_s^3 ln(alpha_s)) contributions to the heavy-quarkonium production and annihilation rates. Our result sheds new light on the structure of the high-order perturbative corrections and opens a new perspective for a…
Corrections of order $\alpha^3(Z\alpha)^5m$ to the Lamb shift and corrections of order $\alpha^3(Z\alpha)E_F$ to hyperfine splitting generated by the insertions of the three-loop one-particle reducible diagrams with radiative photons in the…
We consider three-loop radiative-recoil corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium generated by the gauge invariant set of diagrams with virtual light-by-light scattering block. These corrections are enhanced by the large logarithms of…
We present a new independent evaluation of the hadronic and QCD contributions to the QED running coupling \alpha(M_Z) and to the muonium hyperfine splitting \nu. We obtain: \Delta\alpha_{had}=2770(17)10^{-5} and \Delta\nu_{had}=232.5(2.5)…
We calculate radiative corrections to the Lamb shift of order $\alpha^3(Z\alpha)^5m$ and radiative corrections to hyperfine splitting of order $\alpha^3(Z\alpha)E_F$ generated by the diagrams with insertions of radiative photons and…
Motivated by recent progress of theory and experiment on the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron, a_e, we update the hadronic contributions to a_e. Using our up-to-date compilation of e^+ e^- \to hadrons data, we find the leading…
The usefulness of study of hyperfine splitting in the hydrogen atom is limited on a level of 10 ppm by our knowledge of the proton structure. One way to go beyond 10 ppm is to study a specific difference of the hyperfine structure intervals…
We perform the calculation of all relativistic and quantum electrodynamic corrections of the order of $\alpha^6\,m$ to the ground electronic state of a hydrogen molecule and present improved results for the dissociation and the fundamental…
Radiative-recoil corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium of orders $\alpha(Z\alpha)(m/M)^2E_F$ and $(Z^2\alpha)(Z\alpha)(m/M)^2E_F$ are calculated. These corrections are of the second order in the small electron-muon mass ratio. An…
The recoil, vacuum polarization and electron vertex corrections of first and second orders in the fine structure constant $\alpha$ and the ratio of electron to muon and electron to \alpha-particle masses are calculated in the hyperfine…
The complete analytical $O(m_l^3\alpha^5/m_p^2\times (\log{m_\pi}, \log{\Delta}, \log{m_l}))$ contribution to the Hyperfine splitting is given. It can explain about 2/3 of the difference between experiment and the pure QED prediction when…
The hyperfine structures of the $2\,^3\!S_1$ and $2\,^3\!P_J$ states of the $^7$Be$^{2+}$ and $^9$Be$^{2+}$ ions are investigated within the framework of the nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics (NRQED). The uncertainties of present…
The latest experimental measurements of the hyperfine splitting $E_{\rm{hfs}}=M_{\Upsilon(1 S)}-M_{\eta_b(1 S)}$ done by the Belle collaboration and the perturbative and lattice QCD predictions show a tension with the current extraction…
A new representation of the next to leading QCD corrections to the nucleon structure functions is given in terms of parton distributions. All $~\alpha_{s}~$ corrections to the leading logarithmic approximation (LLA) are included. In…
Self-energy corrections of order O(alpha^2) to the parapositronium and orthopositronium decay rates are calculated. Numerical values of the corresponding coefficients are B_p=-3.74, B_o=2.02.
This talk gives an elementary introduction to the basic properties of positronium. Recent progress in theoretical studies of the hyperfine splitting and lifetime of the ground state is reviewed. Sensitivity of these precisely measured…
The fully relativistic theory of the Zeeman splitting of the $(1s)^2 2s$ hyperfine-structure levels in lithiumlike ions with $Z=6 - 32$ is considered for the magnetic field magnitude in the range from 1 to 10 T. The second-order corrections…
Using effective field theory for a proton and antiproton bound in a Coulomb potential, the shift of the ground state energy level is calculated to arbitrary order in the scattering length. Including the next order contact interaction, the…
We consider three-loop radiative-recoil corrections to hyperfine splitting in muonium due to insertions of one-loop polarization operator in the muon factor. The contribution produced by electron polarization insertions are enhanced by the…
In contrast to other atomic systems, in true muonium ($\mu^+\mu^-$) the leading-order $Z$ boson corrections to the hyperfine splitting are shown to be experimentally accessible in the near future. This contribution ($-109$ MHz) constitutes…