Abstract
We present calculations of the one-loop vacuum polarization correction (Uehling potential) for the three-body problem in the NRQED formalism. The case of one-electron molecular systems is considered. Numerical results of the vacuum polarization contribution at and higher orders for the fundamental transitions in the and molecular ions are presented and compared with calculations performed in the adiabatic approximation. The residual uncertainty from this contribution in the transition frequencies is shown to be a few tens of Hz.
- Received 10 February 2017
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.042514
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Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)
Atomic, Molecular & Optical