The simplicity of perfect atoms: Degeneracies in supersymmetric hydrogen

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · Journal of Mathematical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3570676· OSTI ID:21501345

Rube, Tomas ^[1]; Wacker, Jay G ^[1]

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1. Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States)

Supersymmetric QED hydrogen-like bound states are remarkably similar to nonsupersymmetric hydrogen, including an accidental degeneracy of the fine structure and is broken by the Lamb shift. This article classifies the states, calculates the leading order spectrum, and illustrates the results in several limits. The relation to other nonrelativistic bound states is explored.

• OSTI ID: 21501345
• Journal Information: Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 52, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3570676; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0022-2488
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
FINE STRUCTURE
HYDROGEN
LAMB SHIFT
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
QUANTUM MECHANICS
SPECTRA
SUPERSYMMETRY
ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELEMENTS
FIELD THEORIES
MECHANICS
NONMETALS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SPECTRAL SHIFT
SYMMETRY