ON THE RADIATIVE-CORRECTIONS ALPHA-2 1N-ALPHA TO THE POSITRONIUM DECAY-RATE

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KHRIPLOVICH, IB
YELKHOVSKY, AS
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[1] Institute of Nuclear Physics
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10.1016/0370-2693(90)90641-I
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P1 [天文学];
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The radiative corrections ≈ α2ln α to the positronium decay rate are calculated in the Breit approximation which is shown to be quite adequate for the problem. For orthopositronium the result coincides with the previous one, for parapositronium it differs from the old results. © 1990.
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