Nonrelativistic QED approach to the Lamb shift
arXiv:physics/0603123 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.72.062102
Abstract
We calculate the one- and two-loop corrections of order alpha(Zalpha)^6 and alpha^2(Zalpha)^6 respectively, to the Lamb shift in hydrogen-like systems using the formalism of nonrelativistic quantum electrodynamics. We obtain general results valid for all hydrogenic states with nonvanishing orbital angular momentum and for the normalized difference of S-states. These results involve the expectation value of local effective operators and relativistic corrections to Bethe logarithms. The one-loop correction is in agreement with previous calculations for the particular cases of S, P, and D states. The two-loop correction in the order alpha^2(Zalpha)^6 includes the pure two-loop self-energy and all diagrams with closed fermion loops. The obtained results allow one to obtain improved theoretical predictions for all excited hydrogenic states.
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