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Electron Self-Energy for the K and L Shells at Low Nuclear Charge

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Author(s)

U Jentschura, Peter J. Mohr, G Soff

Abstract

A nonperturbative numerical evaluation of the one-photon electron self energy for the K- and L-shell states of hydrogen like ions with nuclear charge numbers Z = 1 to 5 is described. Our calculation for the 1S1/2 state has a numerical uncertainty of 0.8 Hz in atomic hydrogen, and for the L-shell states (2S1/2, 2P1/2 and 2P3/2) the numerical uncertainty is 1.0Hz. The method of evaluation for the ground state and for the excited states is described in detail. The numerical results are compared to results based on known terms in the expansion of the self energy in powers of Zα.
Citation
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics)
Volume
63
Issue
No. 4
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

fundamental constants, lamb shifts, numerical methods, quantum electro dynamics, self energy, specific calculations

Citation

Jentschura, U. , Mohr, P. and Soff, G. (2001), Electron Self-Energy for the K and L Shells at Low Nuclear Charge, Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics) (Accessed July 18, 2024)

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Created April 1, 2001, Updated February 17, 2017