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Bethe Logarithms for the 11S, 21S, and 23S States of Helium and Helium-like Ions

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Author(s)

Jonathan Baker, R C. Forrey, M Jeziorska, J D. Morgan

Abstract

We have computed the Bethe logarithms for the 11S, 21S, and 23S states of helium to about seven figures using the method developed by Charles Schwartz and further developed by Forrey and Hill. Bethe logarithms for the helium-like ions Li+, Be++, O6+, and S14+ are also calculated for all three states in order to study the 1/Z behavior of the results. The Bethe logarithm of H* was also calculated with somewhat less accuracy. Our results for neutral helium correct the preliminary values of our Bethe logarithms used in the recent article by Drake and Martin and make changes on the order of about 1 MHz or less to the theoretical ionization energies in that work.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

atomic physics, Bethe logarithm, helium, high precision calculation, ionization energy, lamb shift

Citation

Baker, J. , Forrey, R. , Jeziorska, M. and Morgan, J. (2008), Bethe Logarithms for the 11S, 21S, and 23S States of Helium and Helium-like Ions, Physical Review Letters (Accessed April 26, 2024)

Created October 16, 2008