Self-energy of electrons in critical fields
- The energy shift of K electrons in heavy atoms due to the self-energy correction has been calculated. This process is treated to all orders in Zα, where Z denotes the nuclear charge. For the superheavy system Z=170, where the K-shell binding energy reaches the pair-production threshold (E1sb∼2mc2), a shift of +11.0 keV is found. This shift is almost cancelled by the vacuum polarization, leaving a negligible effect for all quantum-electrodynamical corrections of order α but all orders of Zα.
Author: | Gerhard SoffGND, Paul Schlüter, Berndt MüllerORCiDGND, Walter GreinerGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-29246 |
URL: | http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v48/p1465 |
Parent Title (German): | Physical review letters |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2006/06/30 |
Year of first Publication: | 1982 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2006/06/30 |
Volume: | 48 |
Issue: | 21 |
Page Number: | 4 |
First Page: | 1465 |
Last Page: | 1468 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 187242143 |
Institutes: | Physik / Physik |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 53 Physik / 530 Physik |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |