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Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3240–3243 (1999)

Sixth-Order Vacuum-Polarization Contribution to the Lamb Shift of Muonic Hydrogen

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T. Kinoshita*
Newman Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

M. Nio†
Graduate School of Human Culture, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan 630

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Received 21 December 1998; published in the issue dated 19 April 1999

The sixth-order electron-loop vacuum-polarization contribution to the 2P1/2-2S1/2 Lamb shift of the muonic hydrogen ( μ-p+ bound state) is evaluated numerically. Our result is 0.007 608(1) meV. This eliminates the largest theoretical uncertainty. Combined with the proposed precision measurement of the Lamb shift it will lead to a precise determination of the proton charge radius.

© 1999 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3240
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.3240
PACS:
36.10.Dr, 06.20.Jr, 12.20.Ds, 31.30.Jv

*Electronic address: tk@hepth.cornell.edu

†Electronic address: makiko@phys.nara-wu.ac.jp

See Also

Erratum: T. Kinoshita and M. Nio, Erratum: Sixth-Order Vacuum-Polarization Contribution to the Lamb Shift of Muonic Hydrogen [Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3240 (1999)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 079901 (2009).

 
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