The Contribution of the Retardation Effects to the Total Energy Splitting of Hydrogenlike Atoms

Authors

  • V. Pascalutsa Cluster of Excellence PRISMA, Institut f¨ur Kernphysik
  • V. Gorkavenko Faculty of Physics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
  • S. Vilchinskii Faculty of Physics, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe59.10.0951

Keywords:

retardation effects, energy splitting, proton charge radius

Abstract

We have shown that the discrepancy between the PSI [1, 2] and CODATA [3] results of high-precision experimental measurements of the proton charge radius can be explained on the basis of the quantum electrodynamics effect, namely through the precise calculation of the contribution of the retardation effects to the total energy splitting. We find that the contribution of these effects is ∼0.3 meV, and this value is very close to the additional term as large as 0.31 meV, which would be required to match the results of PSI measurements with the CODATA value of charge proton radius rp = 0.8768(69) fm.

References

-

Downloads

Published

2018-10-25

How to Cite

Pascalutsa, V., Gorkavenko, V., & Vilchinskii, S. (2018). The Contribution of the Retardation Effects to the Total Energy Splitting of Hydrogenlike Atoms. Ukrainian Journal of Physics, 59(10), 951. https://doi.org/10.15407/ujpe59.10.0951

Issue

Section

Archive