Phys. Rev. A 69, 022114 (2004) [10 pages]Finite-nuclear-size effect on the Lamb shift of s1/2, p1/2, and p3/2 atomic statesReceived 1 September 2003; published 24 February 2004 We consider one-loop self-energy and vacuum polarization radiative corrections to the shift of atomic energy level due to finite nuclear size. Analytic expressions for vacuum polarization corrections are derived. For the self-energy of p1/2 and p3/2 states in addition to already known terms we derive next-to-leading nonlogarithmic Zα terms. Together with contributions obtained earlier the terms derived in the present work give explicit analytic expressions for s1/2 and p1/2 corrections which agree with results of previous numerical calculations up to Z=100 (Z is the nuclear charge number). We also show that the finite-nuclear-size radiative correction for a p3/2 state is not small compared to the similar correction for a p1/2 state at least for small Z. © 2004 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.022114
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.69.022114
PACS:
11.30.Er, 31.30.Jv, 31.30.Gs
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