Published March 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Lamb-shift calculations for non-Coulomb potentials

  • 1. University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 (United States)

Description

QED effects associated with the electron self-energy and vacuum polarization are calculated in non-Coulomb potentials for atomic states with principal quantum numbers 1 and 2. We consider the Coulomb potential with finite nuclear size incorporated and using the core-Hartree potential, a local version of the Hartree-Fock potential. The calculations are carried out for ions with nuclear charges in the range Z=60--90. For the Coulomb potential with finite nuclear size, substantial discrepancies with an earlier tabulation are found. Radiative corrections are calculated for lithiumlike uranium using the core-Hartree potential and comparison with experiment is made

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Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
47
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 1817-1823.
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN