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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 states

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A. I. Milstein*
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia

O. P. Sushkov
School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia

I. S. Terekhov
Novosibirsk University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia

Received 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

*Electronic address: A.I.Milstein@inp.nsk.su

Electronic address: sushkov@phys.unsw.edu.au

Electronic address: I.S.Terekhov@inp.nsk.su