Vacuum polarization in a strong external field
- 1 November 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 38 (10), 5066-5075
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.38.5066
Abstract
Vacuum polarization in the field of a high-Z finite-size nucleus is examined, and the polarization charge density in coordinate space of order α(Zα with n≥3 is calculated. Energy-level shifts of K- and L-shell electrons in hydrogenlike systems are given.
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