Self-energy correction to the hyperfine structure splitting of hydrogenlike Atoms

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.1433· OSTI ID:284544

Persson, H ^[1]; Schneider, S M; Greiner, W ^[2]; Soff, G ^[3]; Lindgren, I ^[4]

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1. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Planckstrasse 1, Postfach 110 552, D-64220 Darmstadt (Germany)
2. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitaet, Postfach 111 932, D-60054 Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
3. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Mommsenstrasse 13, D-01062 Dresden (Germany)
4. Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, S--412 96 Goeteborg (Sweden)

A first testing ground for QED in the combined presence of a strong Coulomb field and a strong magnetic field is provided by the precise measurement of the hyperfine structure splitting of hydrogenlike {sup 209}Bi. We present a complete calculation of the one-loop self-energy correction to the first-order hyperfine interaction for various nuclear charges. In the low-{ital Z} regime we almost perfectly agree with the {ital Z}{alpha} expansion, but for medium and high {ital Z} there is a substantial deviation. {copyright} {ital 1996 The American Physical Society.}

• OSTI ID: 284544
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 76; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
ATOMS
CORRECTIONS
COULOMB FIELD
EXPANSION
HYDROGEN
HYPERFINE STRUCTURE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
SELF-ENERGY