Precision study of positronium and precision tests of the bound state QED

Abstract

Despite its very short lifetime positronium provides us with a number of accurate tests of the bound state QED. In this note a brief overview of QED theory and precision experiments on the spectrum and annihilation decay of the positronium atom is presented. Special attention is paid to the accuracy of theoretical predictions.

A talk presented at 9th International Workshop on Slow Positron Beam Techniques for Solids and Surfaces (SLOPOS), Dresden, 2001

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• Muonium hyperfine structure and hadronic effects

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