LIGHT-BY-LIGHT SCATTERING CONTRIBUTION TO THE DECAY-RATE OF ORTHOPOSITRONIUM AT ORDER ALPHA(2)GAMMA(LO)

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作者
ADKINS, GS [1 ]
LYMBEROPOULOS, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV OKLAHOMA, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, NORMAN, OK 73019 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 51卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.51.R875
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We calculate the contribution of the six radiatively corrected light-by-light scattering graphs to the decay rate of orthopositronium. Our result is Γlight-by-light= -α2ln(1/α)ΓLO+9.0074(9)(α2/π2)ΓLO. Our result contains a known analytic logarithm plus a new constant term which contributes 0.000 350 μs-1 to the rate. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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