The "recoil" correction of order $m α^6$ to hyperfine splitting of positronium ground state

Details The "recoil" correction of order $m α^6$ to hyperfine splitting of positronium ground state The "recoil" correction of order $m α^6$ to hyperfine splitting of positronium ground state

2000-04-07

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0004063v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

28 pages, latex including latex figures

Scientific paper

10.1134/1.1409504

The "recoil" correction of order $m \alpha^6$ to the hyperfine splitting of positronium ground state was found. The formalism employed is based on the noncovariant perturbation theory in QED. Equation for two-particle component of full (many-body) wave function is used, in which effective Hamiltonian depends on the energy of a system. The effective Hamiltonian is not restricted to the nonrelativistic region, so there is no need in any regularization. To evaluate integrals over loop momenta, they are divided into "hard" and "soft" parts, coming from large and small momenta respectively. Soft contributions were found analytically, and hard ones are evaluated by numerical integration. Some soft terms due to the retardation cancel each other. To calculate the "hard" contributions, a great number of noncovariant graphs is replaced by only a few covariant ones. The hard contribution was found in two ways. The first way is to evaluate contributions of separate graphs, using the Coulomb gauge. The second one is to calculate full hard contribution as a whole using the Feynman gauge. The final result for the "recoil" correction is $0.381(6) m\al^6$ and agrees with those of previous papers. Diagram-to-diagram comparison with the revised results of Adkins&Sapirstein was done. All the results agree, so the "recoil" correction is now firmly established. This means a considerable disagreement with the experimental data.

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