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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…
The order $\alpha^4 (m/M) R_{\infty}$ shift of hydrogen P levels is found. The corrections are predominantly of relativistic origin. Our approach is a straightforward extension of that developed and applied by us previously to positronium P…
The recoil correction of order $(Z\alpha)^6(m/M)m$ to the hydrogen energy levels is recalculated and a discrepancy existing in the literature on this correction for the 1S energy level, is resolved. An analytic expression for the correction…
New corrections to the energy of $S$-levels of positronium of order $m\alpha^6$ which are as large as several hundred kilohertz are obtained. A new recoil correction of order $\alpha(Z\alpha)^5(m/M)m$ to the Lamb shift in hydrogen is…
The quantum electrodynamic theory of the nuclear recoil effect in atoms to all orders in \alpha Z and to first order in m/M is considered. The complete \alpha Z - dependence formulas for the relativistic recoil corrections to the atomic…
Nuclear-size corrections of order $(Z \alpha)^5$ and $(Z \alpha)^6$ to the S-state levels of hydrogenic atoms are considered. These nuclear-elastic contributions are somewhat smaller than the polarizability (nuclear-inelastic) corrections…
The finite operators are derived for the recoil $m\alpha^6(m/M)$ order relativistic corrections (to spin-averaged energy levels) in hydrogen-like atoms and ions in the two- and three-body formalism beyond the adiabatic approximation.…
The relativistic second-order corrections at orders $m\alpha^6$ and $m\alpha^6(m/M)$ in hydrogen molecular ions are calculated. Convergence of numerical results is studied, which allows estimating the relative numerical uncertainty to be…
The relativistic nuclear recoil corrections to the energy levels of low-laying states of hydrogen-like and high $Z$ lithium-like atoms in all orders in $\alpha Z$ are calculated. The calculations are carried out using the B-spline method…
Based on classical electrodynamics, it is argued that the Coulomb potential (which is strictly valid for two point charges at rest), commonly used in the study of energy levels of hydrogen atom is not the correct one, because the electron…
The effective Hamiltonian of $m\alpha^6$ and $m\alpha^6(m/M)$ order corrections for hydrogen molecular ions has been derived in [ Z.-X. Zhong, \emph{et al.}, Phys. Rev. A {\bf98}, 032502(2018).], in this work we express the energy…
A version of the Bethe-Salpeter equation appropriate for calculating recoil corrections in highly charged hydrogenlike ions is presented. The nucleus is treated as a scalar particle of charge Z, and the electron treated relativistically.…
The two-loop self-energy correction to the ground state Lamb shift is calculated for hydrogen-like ions with the nuclear charge Z=10-30 without any expansion in the binding field of the nucleus. A calculational technique is reported for…
Nuclear-polarizability corrections that go beyond unretarded-dipole approximation are calculated analytically for hydrogenic (atomic) S-states. These retardation corrections are evaluated numerically for deuterium and contribute -0.68 kHz,…
In this paper we endeavour to determine the energy levels of an atom by virtue of the modified Dirac equation. It has been found that the energy levels contain an extra term in the expression which accounts for the {\it zitterbewegung}…
Recoil corrections to the atomic decay rate are considered in the order of Zm/M . The expressions are treated exactly without any expansion over Z alpha. The expressions obtained are valid both for muonic atoms (for which they contribute on…
A study is made of nuclear size corrections to the energy levels of single-electron atoms for the ground state of hydrogen like atoms. We consider Fermi charge distribution to the nucleus and calculate atomic energy level shift due to the…
Effective potentials of the relativistic m\alpha^6 order correction for the ground state of the Coulomb two-center problem are calculated. They can be used to evaluate the relativistic contribution of that order to the energies of hydrogen…
The radiative correction to the Lamb shift of order $\alpha^{2}(Z\alpha)^5m$ induced by the light by light scattering insertion in external photons is obtained. The new contribution turns out to be equal to…
The nuclear recoil correction to the bound-electron g factor in H-like atoms is calculated to first order in $m/M$ and to all orders in $\alpha Z$. The calculation is performed in the range Z=1-100. A large contribution of terms of order…