Simulation of the hydrogen ground state in stochastic electrodynamics. II: Inclusion of relativistic corrections

DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9919-0MaRDI QIDQ892927zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Theodorus M. Nieuwenhuizen, Matthew T. P. Liska

Publication date 12 November 2015

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.06787

zbMATH Keywords

simulationsOpenCLstochastic electrodynamicsrelativistic correctionshydrogen ground state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Atomic physics (81V45) Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20) Open systems, reduced dynamics, master equations, decoherence (81S22)

Abstract: In a recent paper [arXiv:1502.06856] the authors studied numerically the hydrogen ground state in stochastic electrodynamics (SED) within the the non-relativistic approximation. In quantum theory the leading non-relativistic corrections to the ground state energy dominate the Lamb shift related to the photon cloud that should cause the quantum-like behaviour of SED. The present work takes these corrections into account in the numerical modelling. It is found that they have little effect; the self-ionisation that occurs without them remains present. It is speculated that the point-charge approximation for the electron is the cause of the failure.

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