Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics · 2009 · 11 citations · 17 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsNuclear PhysicsParticle PhysicsQuantum MechanicsGauge TheoryHydrogen AtomQuantum Field TheoryRelativistic Quantum MechanicsGauge Field TheoryPolarizationQuantum HamiltonianRadial ExcitationsRelativistic Bound States
Based on the investigation of the asymptotic behaviour of the polarization loop function for charged n scalar particles in an external gauge field, we determine the interaction Hamiltonian including relativistic corrections. The mass spectrum of the bound state is analytically derived. The mechanism for arising of the constituent mass of the relativistic bound-state forming particles is explained. The mass and the constituent mass of the two-, three- and n-body relativistic bound states are calculated taking into account relativistic corrections. The corrections arising due to the one- and two-loop electron polarization to the energy spectrum of muonic hydrogen with orbital and radial excitations are calculated.
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