Published January 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Self-energy correction to the hyperfine splitting and the electron g factor in hydrogenlike ions

  • 1. Department of Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 65409-0640 (United States) and Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Universitaet Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 16, D-69120 Heidelberg (Germany)
  • 2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Postfach 10 39 80, D-69029 Heidelberg, Germany and Center for Advanced Studies, St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Polytekhnicheskaya 29, St. Petersburg RU-195251 (Russian Federation)

Description

The hyperfine structure (hfs) and the g factor of a bound electron are caused by external magnetic fields. For the hfs, the magnetic field is due to the nuclear spin. A uniform-in-space and constant-in-time magnetic field is used to probe the bound-electron g factor. The self-energy corrections to these effects are more difficult to evaluate than those to the Lamb shift. Here, we describe a numerical approach for both effects in the notoriously problematic regime of hydrogenlike bound systems with low nuclear charge numbers. The calculation is nonperturbative in the binding Coulomb field. Accurate numerical values for the remainder functions are provided for 2P states and for nS states with n=1,2,3.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 012502-012502.14
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

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