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The paper reports a technique of evaluation of Feynman diagrams in the mixed coordinate-momentum representation. The technique is employed for a recalculation of the two-loop self-energy correction for the ground state of hydrogen-like ions…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2010-05-19 Vladimir A. Yerokhin

The maximal acceleration corrections to the Lamb shift of one--electron atoms are calculated in a non--relativistic approximation. They are compatible with experimental results, are in particularly good agreement with the $2S-2P$ Lamb shift…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-08-17 G. Lambiase , G. Papini , G. Scarpetta

The two-loop self-energy correction to the bound-electron $g$-factor in hydrogenlike ions is investigated, taking into account the electron-nucleus interaction exactly. This all-order calculation is required to improve the total theoretical…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-05-01 Bastian Sikora , Vladimir A. Yerokhin , Christoph H. Keitel , Zoltán Harman

We consider the $1s$ Lamb shift in hydrogen and helium ions, a quantity, required for an accurate determination of the Rydberg constant and the proton charge radius by means of hydrogen spectroscopy, as well as for precision tests of the…

We present an analytical calculation of the complete $\alpha^6$ correction to energies of $nP$-levels of two-body systems consisting of the spin-$0$ or $1/2$ extended-size particles with arbitrary masses and magnetic moments. The obtained…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-02-19 Vojtěch Patkóš , Vladimir A. Yerokhin , Krzysztof Pachucki

We present a precise calculation of the Lamb shift $(2P_{1/2}-2S_{1/2})$ in muonic ions $(\mu ^6_3Li)^{2+},~(\mu ^7_3Li)^{2+}$, $(\mu ^9_4Be)^{3+},~(\mu ^{10}_4Be)^{3+}$, $(\mu ^{10}_5B)^{4+},~(\mu ^{11}_5B)^{4+}$. The contributions of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 A. A. Krutov , A. P. Martynenko , F. A. Martynenko , O. S. Sukhorukova

We consider one-loop self-energy and vacuum polarization radiative corrections to the shift of atomic energy level due to finite nuclear size. Analytic expressions for vacuum polarization corrections are derived. For the self-energy of p1/2…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. I. Milstein , O. P. Sushkov , I. S. Terekhov

Calculations of the two-loop electron self-energy for the $n = 1$ and $n = 2$ states of hydrogen-like ions are reported, performed to all orders in the nuclear binding strength parameter $Z\alpha$ (where $Z$ is the nuclear charge number and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-09-12 V. A. Yerokhin , Z. Harman , C. H. Keitel

The Lamb shift (2P_{1/2}-2S_{1/2}) in the muonic helium ion (mu ^4_2He)^+ is calculated with the account of contributions of orders alpha^3, alpha^4, alpha^5 and alpha^6. Special attention is given to corrections of the electron vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-07-10 A. P. Martynenko

Within a systematic approach based on the dimensionally regularized nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics, we derive the complete result for the two-loop correction to order $(\alpha/\pi)^2 (Z \alpha)^4$ for the $g$ factor of an electron…

We present a new calculation of the order alpha^2 (Z alpha)^5 correction to the Lamb shift, which uses methods developed for multi-loop calculations.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-07-25 Matthew Dowling , Jorge Mondejar , Jan H. Piclum , Andrzej Czarnecki

Two-loop Bethe logarithms are calculated for excited P and D states in hydrogenlike systems, and estimates are presented for all states with higher angular momenta. These results complete our knowledge of the P and D energy levels in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-09-10 U. D. Jentschura

The electron Lamb shift $(2P-2S)$ and the energy interval $(2S-1S)$ in muon-electron ions of lithium, beryllium, and boron have been calculated within the framework of the perturbation theory method for the fine structure constant and the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-05-19 A. E. Dorokhov , V. I. Korobov , A. P. Martynenko , F. A. Martynenko

We report calculations of the one-loop self-energy correction to the bound-electron $g$ factor of the $1s$ and $2s$ states of light hydrogen-like ions with the nuclear charge number $Z \le 20$. The calculation is carried out to all orders…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-06-28 V. A. Yerokhin , Z. Harman

Two-loop contributions to the electromagnetic form factors are calculated in the kinematic regime close to the fermion-antifermion threshold. The results are presented in an expansion in the velocity $\beta$ of the fermions in the c.m.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 A. H. Hoang

We investigate a specific set of two-loop self-energy corrections involving squared decay rates and point out that their interpretation is highly problematic. The corrections cannot be interpreted as radiative energy shifts in the usual…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 U. D. Jentschura , J. Evers , C. H. Keitel , K. Pachucki

The correction to the hydrogen Lamb shift due to the proton electric and magnetic polarizabilities is expressed analytically through their static values, which are known from experiment. The numerical value of the correction to the hydrogen…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 I. B. Khriplovich , R. A. Sen'kov

We calculate the two-loop corrections in primordial power spectrum in models of single field inflation incorporating an intermediate USR phase employed for PBHs formation. Among the total eleven one-particle irreducible Feynman diagrams, we…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-12-16 Hassan Firouzjahi

The two-loop electron self-energy correction is one of the most problematic QED effects and, for a long time, was the dominant source of uncertainty in the theoretical prediction of the bound-electron $g$ factor in hydrogen-like ions. A…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-12-08 V. A. Yerokhin , B. Sikora , Z. Harman , C. H. Keitel

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…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 Michael I. Eides , Howard Grotch