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Phys. Rev. A 56, R2507 - R2509 (1997)

Radiative correction to the nuclear-size effect and hydrogen-deuterium isotopic shift

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Michael I. Eides
Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, St. Petersburg 188350, Russia

Howard Grotch
Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Rapid Communication Received 18 July 1997

The radiative correction to the nuclear charge radius contribution to the Lamb shift of order α(Zα)5mr3〈r2〉 is calculated. In view of the recent high-precision experimental data, this theoretical correction produces a significant contribution to the hydrogen-deuterium isotopic shift.


©1997 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.R2507
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.R2507
PACS: 31.30.Gs, 31.30.Jv

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