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Using the Barbieri-Remiddi lowest-order equation for calculating the decay rate and the energy shift of positronium

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:5613786
Working in Coulomb gauge and using the lowest-order equation proposed by Barbieri and Remiddi the author calculated the decay rate of parapositronium and the energy-shift of orthopositronium. These results were derived without the necessity of performing the wave-function and the vertex renormalization subtractions. This means that the Barbieri-Remiddi lowest-order equation leads to the perturbative relations which give the finite results without needing to perform the above mentioned subtractions (at least in the first-order perturbation theory and in the Coulomb gauge.) Contributions of all diagrams are calculated and presented separately, in order to make them useful for the derivations of higher order corrections.
Research Organization:
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing (USA)
OSTI ID:
5613786
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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