1998/08/18 by T. Kinoshita, Kinoshita, T.
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Muon and positron interactions and applications #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9808351
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arxiv created 1998/08/18 · openalex publication_date 1998/08/18 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The method of NRQED is an adaptation of QED to bound systems. While it is fully equivalent to QED, it enables us to explore the QED bound states systematically as an expansion in the fine structure constant α and velocity (∼ Zα) of the bound electron. I describe how to construct the NRQED Hamiltonian choosing recent works on the α(Zα), α2 (Zα),α(Zα)2, α(Zα)3, and α2 (Zα)2 radiative corrections to the hyperfine structure of the muonium ground state as examples.