Three-loop slope of the Dirac form factor and the 1S Lamb shift in hydrogen

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Melnikov, K [1 ]
van Ritbergen, T
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[1] Stanford Univ, Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr, Stanford, CA 94309 USA
[2] Univ Karlsruhe, Inst Theoret Teilchenphys, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1673
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O4 [物理学];
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The last unknown contribution to hydrogen energy levels at order m alpha(7), due to the slope of the Dirac form factor at three loops, is evaluated in a closed analytical form. The resulting shift of the hydrogen nS energy level is found to be 3.016/n(3) kHz. Using the QED calculations of the 1S Lamb shift, we extract a precise value of the proton charge radius r(p) = 0.883 +/- 0.014 fm.
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