Published August 2000 | Version v1
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Estimate of the second order electron self energy corrections in highly charged heavy ions

Creators

  • 1. St. Petersburg State University (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (Russian Federation)
  • 3. Technische Universitaet Dresden (Germany)

Description

An estimate for the last unknown gauge-invariant set of QED corrections of order α2, the second-order self-energy correction, is presented utilizing the so-called sign approximation. This is able to reduce the present uncertainties in Lamb-shift predictions considerably

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1023/A:1012620423617;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Hyperfine Interactions
Journal Volume
127
Journal Issue
1-4
Journal Page Range
p. 293-296
ISSN
0304-3843
CODEN
HYINDN

Conference

Title
1. Euroconference on atomic physics at accelerators
Acronym
APAC 99
Dates
19-24 Sep 1999
Place
Mainz (Germany); Budenheim (Germany)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40072200
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
APPROXIMATIONS; CORRECTIONS; ELECTRONS; FORECASTING; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HEAVY IONS; LAMB SHIFT; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SELF-ENERGY
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; IONS; LEPTONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPECTRAL SHIFT

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Copyright (c) 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers