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arxiv: hep-ph/9309302 · v2 · submitted 1993-09-21 · ✦ hep-ph

Order α⁴ R_(infty) corrections to positronium P levels

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keywords deltacorrectionsalphafoundinftylevelsorderperturbation
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The order $\alpha^4 R_{\infty}$ corrections to positronium $P$ levels are found. The calculation is reduced to the ordinary perturbation theory for the nonrelativistic Schr\"odinger equation. The perturbation operators have the Breit-type structure and are obtained by calculating on-mass-shell diagrams. Found energy corrections constitute numerically $\delta E(2 ^1 P_1)=0.06$ MHz, $\delta E(2 ^3 P_2)=0.08$ MHz, $\delta E(2 ^3 P_1)=0.025$ MHz, $\delta E(2 ^3 P_2)=-0.58$ MHz.

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