Point-particle effective field theory. III: Relativistic fermions and the Dirac equation
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Publication:1705901
DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2017)007zbMATH Open1382.81144arXiv1706.01063MaRDI QIDQ1705901FDOQ1705901
Authors: Peng Zhang 
Publication date: 19 March 2018
Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We formulate point-particle effective field theory (PPEFT) for relativistic spin-half fermions interacting with a massive, charged finite-sized source using a first-quantized effective field theory for the heavy compact object and a second-quantized language for the lighter fermion with which it interacts. This description shows how to determine the near-source boundary condition for the Dirac field in terms of the relevant physical properties of the source, and reduces to the standard choices in the limit of a point source. Using a first-quantized effective description is appropriate when the compact object is sufficiently heavy, and is simpler than (though equivalent to) the effective theory that treats the compact source in a second-quantized way. As an application we use the PPEFT to parameterize the leading energy shift for the bound energy levels due to finite-sized source effects in a model-independent way, allowing these effects to be fit in precision measurements. Besides capturing finite-source-size effects, the PPEFT treatment also efficiently captures how other short-distance source interactions can shift bound-state energy levels, such as due to vacuum polarization (through the Uehling potential) or strong interactions for Coulomb bound states of hadrons, or any hypothetical new short-range forces sourced by nuclei.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.01063
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