Two-loop electron self-energy in the bound-electron <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>g</mml:mi> </mml:math> factor: Diagrams in momentum-coordinate representation
The two-loop electron self-energy correction is one of the most problematic QED effects and, for a long time, was the dominant source of uncertainty in the theoretical prediction of the bound-electron <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <a:mi>g</a:mi> </a:math> factor in hydrogenlike ions. A major breakthrough was recently achieved by B. Sikora [], who calculated this effect without any expansion in the nuclear binding strength parameter <b:math xmlns:b="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <b:mrow> <b:mi>Z</b:mi> <b:mi>α</b:mi> </b:mrow> </b:math> (where <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <c:mi>Z</c:mi> </c:math> is the nuclear charge number and <d:math xmlns:d="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <d:mi>α</d:mi> </d:math> is the fine-structure constant). In this paper we describe our calculations of one of the most difficult parts of the two-loop self-energy, represented by Feynman diagrams that are treated in the mixed momentum-coordinate representation.
Authors
- B. Sikora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7156-8567)
- V. A. Yerokhin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2328-8444)
- Christoph H. Keitel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1984-1470)
- Z. Harman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0554-1537)
Institutions
- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. A/Physical review, A
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/yflg-7wz4
- Primary Topic
- Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00