Two-Loop Bethe Logarithms

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2003-10-04

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0310060v1

Phys.Rev.Lett. 91 (2003) 113005

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

4 pages, RevTeX

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.113005

We calculate the two-loop Bethe logarithm correction to atomic energy levels in hydrogen-like systems. The two-loop Bethe logarithm is a low-energy quantum electrodynamic (QED) effect involving multiple summations over virtual excited atomic states. Although much smaller in absolute magnitude than the well-known one-loop Bethe logarithm, the two-loop analog is quite significant when compared to the current experimental accuracy of the 1S-2S transition: it contributes -8.19 and -0.84 kHz for the 1S and the 2S state, respectively. The two-loop Bethe logarithm has been the largest unknown correction to the hydrogen Lamb shift to date. Together with the ongoing measurement of the proton charge radius at the Paul Scherrer Institute its calculation will bring theoretical and experimental accuracy for the Lamb shift in atomic hydrogen to the level of 10^(-7).

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