Lamb shift in muonic hydrogen. I: Verification and update of theoretical predictions

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2010.11.012MaRDI QIDQ627663zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ulrich D. Jentschura

Publication date 3 March 2011

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.5275

zbMATH Keywords

moleculesQED calculations of level energiesrelativistic and quantum electrodynamic (QED) effects in atoms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Atomic physics (81V45) Molecular physics (81V55)

Abstract: In view of the recently observed discrepancy of theory and experiment for muonic hydrogen [R. Pohl et al., Nature vol. 466, p. 213 (2010)], we reexamine the theory on which the quantum electrodynamic (QED) predictions are based. In particular, we update the theory of the 2P-2S Lamb shift, by calculating the self-energy of the bound muon in the full Coulomb+vacuum polarization (Uehling) potential. We also investigate the relativistic two-body corrections to the vacuum polarization shift, and we analyze the influence of the shape of the nuclear charge distribution on the proton radius determination. The uncertainty associated with the third Zemach moment < r^3 >_2 in the determination of the proton radius from the measurement is estimated. An updated theoretical prediction for the 2S-2P transition is given.

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