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Complete $\alpha^7\,m$ Lamb shift of helium triplet states

Authors :
Patkóš, Vojtěch
Yerokhin, Vladimir A.
Pachucki, Krzysztof
Source :
Phys. Rev. A 103, 042809 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

We have derived the complete formula for the $\alpha^7\,m$ contribution to energy levels of an arbitrary triplet state of the helium atom, performed numerical calculations for the $2^3S$ and $2^3P$ states, and thus improved the theoretical accuracy of ionization energies of these states by more than an order of magnitude. Using the nuclear charge radius extracted from the muonic helium Lamb shift, we obtain the theoretical prediction in excellent agreement with the measured $2^3S - 2^3P$ transition energy [X.~Zheng et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 199}, 263002 (2017)]. At the same time we observe significant discrepancies with experiments for the $2^3S- 3^3D$ and $2^3P - 3^3D$ transitions.<br />Comment: 10 pages, added a few references

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. A 103, 042809 (2021)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2103.01037
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.103.042809