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arxiv: 1506.06787 · v2 · pith:7XHQWG4Xnew · submitted 2015-06-22 · 🪐 quant-ph

Simulation of the hydrogen ground state in Stochastic Electrodynamics-2: Inclusion of relativistic corrections

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In a recent paper [arXiv:1502.06856] the authors studied numerically the hydrogen ground state in stochastic electrodynamics (SED) within the the non-relativistic approximation. In quantum theory the leading non-relativistic corrections to the ground state energy dominate the Lamb shift related to the photon cloud that should cause the quantum-like behaviour of SED. The present work takes these corrections into account in the numerical modelling. It is found that they have little effect; the self-ionisation that occurs without them remains present. It is speculated that the point-charge approximation for the electron is the cause of the failure.

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