Theory of Light Hydrogenic Bound States

• Main Authors: Eides, Michael I. (Author), Grotch, Howard (Author), Shelyuto, Valery A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 222
• Subjects: Physics.; Nuclear physics.; Atoms.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.

The book describes the modern theory of light hydrogen-like systems, and the discussion is based on quantum electrodynamics. In particular, Green's functions, relativistic bound-state equations and Feynman diagrams are extensively used. New theoretical approaches are described and explained. Th...

Table of Contents:

• Theoretical Approaches to the Energy Levels of Loosely Bound Systems
• General Features of the Hydrogen Energy Levels
• External Field Approximation
• Essentially Two-Particle Recoil Corrections
• Radiative-Recoil Corrections
• Nuclear Size and Structure Corrections
• Lamb Shift in Light Muonic Atoms
• Physical Origin of the Hyperfine Splitting and the Main Nonrelativistic Contribution
• Nonrecoil Corrections to HFS
• Essentially Two-Body Corrections to HFS
• Hyperfine Splitting in Hydrogen
• Notes on Phenomenology.