Vacuum polarization correction to atomic energy levels in the path integral formalism

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.13739v1
• Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2023 19:56:45 GMT
• Title: Vacuum polarization correction to atomic energy levels in the path integral formalism
• Authors: Sreya Banerjee and Zolt\'an Harman
• Abstract summary: We apply quantum electrodynamics in a framework which treats the strong binding nuclear field to all orders. Expressions for the vacuum polarization shift of binding energies are obtained from the poles of the spectral function up to second order.
• Score: 0.17404865362620806
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Vacuum polarization corrections to the energy levels of bound electrons are calculated using a perturbative path integral formalism. We apply quantum electrodynamics in a framework which treats the strong binding nuclear field to all orders. The effective potential, derived from the Dyson-Schwinger equation for the photon propagator, is then considered pertubatively. Expressions for the vacuum polarization shift of binding energies is obtained from the poles of the spectral function up to second order. Numerical results are provided to select candidates for novel tests of strong-field quantum electrodynamics by means of precision mass spectrometry.

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